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Kohakuchō

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CountryJapan

Year Published/Registered1989

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

AGM Type

Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Kohakuchō'

Chinese Name

Japanese Name:胡白蝶 こはくちょう

Meaning:Foreign white butterfly

Description

» English Description

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, pp.14, 15, colour photo and description: Very small size, white, wide campanulate single of 5 oval, emarginate, reflexed petals with a centre column of stamens, filaments white, joined for the lower half, anthers gold. Blooms mid-season to late. Leaves deep green, lanceolate, margins crenate. Originated in the Chūbu area, Japan. Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.104 with colour photo; English translation p.70. A cross between Shiro-wabisuke and Sasameyuki. Named and released by Minoru Satō in 1963.

» Japanese Description

淡交社.1989. 《日本の椿花》..14.  誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.p.104.   日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.14. 愛知產. [花]白、一重、筒咲き、筒しベ、小輪、12~4月。[葉]長楕円、中形。[樹]立性、やや叢生。[来歴]白佗助x細雪、1963年に佐藤稔の命名.発表。写.文/佐藤

Flower

Flower Size6-8 cm

Blooming Season Japan

Photos