Id:ICR-13725
Country:Italy
Year Published/Registered:2008
Cultivar Type:For Ornamental
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Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Nicola Bianchi'
Species/Combination:C. japonica
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» English Description
Italian CS, Notiziario, 2008, No.1, p.6 with colour photo; Formal double, imbricated, diameter 9.5-10.5 cm x 5.5 cm deep. Petals 75, elliptic, outer petals convex and reflexed inner petals incurved, margins finely serrate. Outer petals dark pink (RHS.CC. 50B and 19D) inner petals colour 59. White patches of variegation on the outer petals but not on the inner. No stamens or petaloids. Leaves 9.5-10 cm x 4.5-5 cm, ovate, apex acuminate, margins finely serrate, upper surface dark green, lower surface light green. Raised by Vincenzo Bianchi, Zoverallo (VB) Italy, first flowered in 2000. A seedling of ‘Magnoliaeflora White’ (Miyakodori) x General Colletti. Flowers early to mid-season. Pyramidical growth.