Saga Believed Extinct

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Id：ICR-16716

Country：Japan

Year Published/Registered：1789

Cultivar Type：For Ornamental

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Scientific Name：Camellia japonica 'Saga'

Species/Combination：C. japonica

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Saga-hatsuarashi Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1976, Garden Life, Apr., p.43 as ‘Hatsu-arashi B’. Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.II, 1978, pl.322, p.135, description, p.245: Small, white, single, cup-shaped with 5 large, overlapping petals and central stamen cluster. Reduced to synonym for Hatsuarashi-saga. P.114, Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, and Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.17. Hatsuarashi-Saga is now the popular name in Japan. Originated in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. There is a possibility that this cultivar is the same as the ancient ‘Saga’. See: Yashiroda, 1961, Kyōto Engei Kurabu, Kyōto Engei, No.65, p.6.

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Shirai-Bunko, 1789, Shoshiki Hanagatachō; Uesa, 1844, Sōmoku Benran; Nakayama, 1847, Senka’ōden: Medium size, single, white with long, tapering buds. Similar to ‘Saga-hatsuarashi’. Originated in Japan. See: Kyōto Engei Kurabu, 1964, Tsubaki Tokushū, No.5, p.76; ibid, 1963, No.4, p.79, ibid, 1961, Kyōto Engei, No.65, p.6.(Believed extinct.)

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