Id:ICR-10322
Country:Japan
Year Published/Registered:1976
Cultivar Type:For Ornamental
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Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Kyokkō (Chūbu)'
Species/Combination:C. japonica
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» English Description
Shufu no Tomosha, 1976, Tsubaki to Sazanka, p.48: Large size, semi-double, white with red streaks and soft pink markings intermixed. A small diameter stamen cylinder with yellow anthers. Leaves bright green, elliptic, apices acuminate, margins serrulate. Flowers mid-season. Plant habit is weeping. Different reading: ‘Kyokkoh’. For further colour photos see: Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.II, 1978, pl.403. Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.44. Originated in the Chūbu area, Japan. Different reading: ‘Kyokkoh’. Synonym: ‘Nagoya-kyokkō’. Named and released by Eimei Nagata around 1960.