(Glory of Shôwa Era), (C.hiemalis), McIlhenny, 1937, 600 Varieties of Camellias:

New, double white. Fendig, 1950, American Camellia Catalogue: Medium sized, light pink,

incomplete to irregular double, 6.5-7.5 cm across, about 24 petals. Has a rosebud centre which

opens wide. Musky fragrance, Leaves dark, olive green, 5.5 cm x 3.2 cm, manifestly serrate.

Plant habit vigorous and spreading. Ishii, Yûgi, 1950, Engei Daijiten. Satomi, 1958,

Nomenclature List of Sasanqua of Japan, p.15: Soft pink, occasionally marbled white.

Medium large, double to rose form double. Early. Said to be a seedling of Shishigashira from

Kansai area, Japan, origin about 1928. Synonyms: ‘Glory of Showa’, ‘Usuirokan-tsubaki’,

‘Usuiro Kantsubaki’, ‘Usubeni’. Sport: Shibori-shôwa-no-sakae. Corruption of name:

‘Showa-no-saka’, ‘Showa-no-sakaae’, ‘Showa-no-shaki’, ‘Showanosaleae’, ‘Shawa-no-saki’,

‘Showa-no-saki’. See: Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.I, 1972, pl.528, p.385. First

imported by McIlhenny from Chûgai Nursery, Japan for USA in 1935 and listed in 1937 with

an incorrect description. Also imported by Kiyono to USA from Yokohama Nurseries, Japan

in 1940 as ‘Usuiro-kantsubaki’. Chinese synonym: ‘Huazhaohe Zirong’, later amended to

‘Zhaohe Zhi Rong’.

FOGLIA:  medio grande, tondeggiante, convessa, dentata. Fioritura in medio mperiodo.

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