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Tricolor Nuova di Genova

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Id:ICR-19746

CountryItaly

Year Published/Registered1855

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

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Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Tricolor Nuova di Genova'

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Nuova Tricolor di Genova  Stefano Pagliai Catalogue, 1867. Orthographic variant for Tricolor Nuova di Genova.

Tricolor de Genova  Real Campanhia Horticolo-Agricola Portuense Catalogue, No.29, 1895-1896, p.59. Abbreviation for Tricolor Nuova di Genova.

Tricolor di Genova  Loureiro Catalogue No.9, 1872-1873. Abbreviation for Tricolor Nuova di Genova.

Tricolor Nova di Genova  I Giardini, giornal d’Horticulture. 1855. Orthographic variant for Tricolor Nuova di Genova.

Tricolour de Genova  Smith, J. & Sons Nursery Catalogue, 1883. Orthographic error for Tricolor Nuova di Genova.

Description

» English Description

Franchetti, 1855, Collezione di Camelie, p.60: Bright red with broad, pink and white blotches. Magnificent imbrication. Burnier Catalogue, 1855-1856: Large formal double of brilliant red with large splashes of white. Originated in Italy. Verschaffelt, 1860, Nouvelle Iconographie, Book X, pl.IV as ‘Tricolor Nova di Genova’: Sent from Genoa, Italy two or three years ago. The blossoms are of the largest size, composed of numerous, ample petals, compactly grouped, orbicular, full or indistinctly bilobate; vivid cherry-red at the cir­cumference, then half pink and half vivid cherry-red; sometimes the intermediate part and the centre it is altogether pink or cherry-red, or variegated in these two colours. Synonym: ‘Tricolor di Genova’.

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