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The camellia 'Daijokhan'
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Posted by sandy808 9Fl (My Page) on Wed, Dec 5, 07 at 21:35
| I saw this camellia at a local nursery and couldn't get it out of my mind. So...what did I do? I went back and bought it, of coarse!
All the tag says is that it is an ancient temple variety and gets large semi-double white flowers. I am waiting to hear back from the owner of the wholesale nursery where this gem came from (he's out of town) so I can get more information on it. I have a soft spot for heritage roses. I guess I have one for heritage camellias too.
If anyone else grows this, please speak up and let me know some details on it.
Sandy |
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RE: The camellia 'Daijokhan'
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| Sandy, I will relate to you what the 'International Camellia Register' says. Chubu Tsubaki Kyokai, 1964. "Tsubaki Meikan; Tuyama, 1966, 'Camellia Cultivars of Japan, NO. 74, p. 128 Upright with lax branches. Leaves narrowly elliptic, pale green, thin texture, veins impressed petrioles glabrous. Flowers, pure white, petals narrow, 20 or more, a little plicated along the middle and arcuated outward from the mikkle. Petals tend to fall as flower ages. Late flowering Synonym: 'Gotentsubaki' which was the local name in Nagoya, meaning palace camellia, and which was prohibited from being taken outside the castle. |
RE: The camellia 'Daijokhan'
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| Thanks Florence - it sounds as though I have a rare find! Some of the info from the register is a little like reading a medical textbook, but I got the gist of most of it. It'll be interesting to watch this bush grow. Sandy |
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