A description from Backyard Hybridizer – an article by Yuri Panchul in American Camellia Yearbook 2017: “Camellia hybridization is not only about flowers. The value of some seedlings is in unusual leaves. A seedling YP0032, with the tentative name ‘Sunnyvale Dark Knight’, does not even look like a typical camellia. […]
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Backyard Hybridizer – an article by Yuri Panchul in American Camellia Yearbook 2017 – full text
Backyard Hybridizer An article by Yuri Panchul in American Camellia Yearbook 2017 Growing your own seedlings is an intriguing addition to one’s camellia hobby. You don’t have to be a nurseryman to hybridize, select, register your own cultivars, and then market them to the camellia-growing community. You can do it […]
Camellia sasanqua ‘Midnight Lover’
Camellia sasanqua ‘Midnight Lover’. A new introduction from Camellia Forest Nursery. The color is crimson pink, not true red like in ‘Yuletide’ and ‘Mieko Tanaka’. The flower shape is interestingly asymmetrical. This is a nice plant, but I will probably give it to somebody since 1) I already have both […]