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Id:ICR-11590

CountryUnited States

Year Published/Registered1948

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

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Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Mandarin'

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McCaskill Seedling Number 73  Hertrich, 1955, Camellias in the Huntington Gardens, vol.II, p.216 as ‘McCaskill Seedling No.73’. Synonym for Mandarin.

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Anonymous, 1948, American Camellia Yearbook p.168: McCaskill Gardens’ seedling No.73. This full, complete double, irregular camellia is a brilliant, glowing red. The flowers are 10 cm. across. Growth habit, upright, bushy and vigorous. Leaves are mid-green, elliptic, serrate, 8 cm x 3.8 cm. First flowered 1941. Blooms early to late. Unknown parentage. Originated at McCaskill Gardens, Pasadena, California, USA. Registered as No.42 with the SCCS. in 1949.

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