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Sat, Dec 22, 12 at 20:47
| I just love this very simple red flower. I can't even begin to describe how beautiful the whole tree is. It looks similar to 'Adayaka', but the label just said Camellia japonica species - Korea.
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| Splendid and OHMYGOD look at the size of those flower buds nursting to open! I am jealous, mine are still "not wuite there". Enjoy, Dave! A nice Christmas present from Mother Nature to you this year perhaps? Ha! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. |
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| It might be related to 'Korean Fire' or 'Longwood Valentine'. |
Here is a link that might be useful: PHS Gold Medal Plants
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- Posted by dave_in_nova VA zone 7a (My Page) on Tue, Dec 25, 12 at 10:02
| Just wanted to add that this plant is at the National Arboretum. It is not mine. Wish it was. The label just said Camellia japonica species -- from Korea. 'Korean Fire' has much thinner leaves, so I don't think it's that. I think it was a camellia that was collected in the wild...or at least some seed from the wild in Korea. |
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| i think i have its twin in my garden! grew this one from seed collected from my neighbors shrub. the flowers on that one were bi-colored white with red stripes and more of a loose peony form. i, too, really like the color and simplicity of the flower. the flowers have only about 6-8 petals. the very long buds look like rose buds when closed tightly and resemble tulips as they open. perhaps it is a common look for open-pollinated red camellias?  |
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| I believe many seeds were collected in the 1980s from those "remote Korean islands" and grown out. Some got named like 'Korean Fire'; the ones at the National Arboretum might just be unnamed ones leftover from that collecting trip. I think it was Barry Yinger who organized those collections in cooperation with the National Arboretum...he was director of the Asian collection there IIRC. |
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- Posted by florence-2007 (My Page) on Sat, Dec 29, 12 at 15:04
| It looks a lot like one that Bill Blankenship posted on facebook. Check it out. He just called it an original as is written up in the Macoboy book, pg 18, I think |
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- Posted by dave_in_nova VA zone 7a (My Page) on Sun, Dec 30, 12 at 15:43
| I'm sorry. The narrow-leaved one I was thinking about was 'Kuro Delight'. |
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