I got this plant from Tom Nuccio. Tom told me that he got it from a person named Perkins under the name ‘Gingetsu’. Obviously this plant is not ‘Gingetsu’ because the real ‘Gingetsu’ is a well-known white Camellia sasanqua, from Higo-sazanka group of cultivars, originated in Japanese province of Kumamoto. […]
Category: Botany
Featured annual giveaway: ‘Tiny Gem’
This new little camellia looks very unusual for anybody except probably a hardcore Camellia botanist. The flowers of ‘Tiny Gem’ are tiny, stamens have orangish tint, small dark leaves are unusually serrated, stem nodes and internodes do not look like anything in japonica-sasanqua-reticulata world. In addition, ‘Tiny Gem’s’ growth habit […]
Camellia sasanqua botany
Camellia sasanqua botany (with pictures) Yuri Panchul, June 2003 Camellia sasanqua ‘Shikoku Stars’. A wild variety. Camellia miyagii Contents Taxonomy Species Compatibility Chromosomes Books Articles Camellia puniceiflora Camellia brevistyla var. rubida Taxonomy There are three most recent classification systems of the genus Camellia frequently referred in Camellia literature: Sealy 1958 […]