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 […]
‘Panaché de Gaujacq’ – one of only four striped sasanquas I ever saw
A couple years ago I went to Nuccio’s and Tom Nuccio gave me a scion of a rare Camellia sasanqua ‘Panaché de Gaujacq’, This is only one of four striped sasanquas I ever saw: ‘Stars’N’Stripes’ from Nuccio’s, ‘Autumn Carnival’ from Camellia Forest Nursery, ‘Panaché de Gaujacq’ and my own seedling […]
The former King of Red among sasanquas, Camellia x vernalis ‘Yuletide’
Camellia x vernalis ‘Yuletide’. Before ‘Mieko Tanaka’ appeared, ‘Yuletide’ was the closest to true red color cultivar in C. sasanqua group. Originated by Nuccio’s Nurseries, California in 1963. A seedling of ‘Hiryu’.
‘Shikoku Stars’ under the frost
One December morning (to be precise on the morning of December 9, 2009), I went to my garden and saw this beautiful scene: a Camellia sasanqua ‘Shikoku Stars’ under the frost. Don’t you think it is a Winter Wonderland? This camellia is actually not a cultivar but a selection of […]
A new striped Camellia sasanqua seedling #0108
I got a new striped Camellia sasanqua seedling in my garden. Right now its name is #0108. Striped sasanquas are rare so it is an important find. I observed only two other striped sasanquas – ‘Stars’N’Stripes’ from Nuccio’s Nurseries and ‘Autumn Carnival’ from Camellia Forest Nursery. #0108 is a seedling […]
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 […]