(Personal Name), (C.hiemalis), Takii & Co. Ltd., 1954, Engei Shinchishiki: Deep rose shading

to red at the petal margins. Large, semi-double. Originated in Japan. Synonyms: ‘Utamakura’,

‘Tachikan-tsubaki’, ‘Hiryu’(Australia), ‘Australian Hiryo’, ‘Australian Hiryu’, ‘Kankobai’,

‘Nagoya-sazanka’, ‘Beni-sazanka’. Chinese synonym: ‘Kancilang’. For colour plates see:

p.175, Macoboy, 1981, The Colour Directory of Camellias and pl.535, Encyclopedia of

Camellias in Colour, vol.1, 1972, p.214. Very widely propagated in Japan and other

countries.

Kanjirô-sazanka. Kondô, 1976, American Camellia Yearbook, p.111. Local Japanese name for

C.hiemalis.

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

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