Camellias Nomenclature



Sea Shell    


Sea Shell

Sea Shell   Sea Shell   Sea Shell

Species

Japonica

Color

White

Flower size

Medium

Flower form

Formal double

Position

Shade

Originated by

Botanic Nursery Thoby (France)

First publication

1988

Seen

Jardin des plantes de Nantes

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Seagull    


Seagull

Seagull   Seagull   Seagull

Species

Japonica

Color

White

Flower size

Large

Flower form

Semi-double

Growth habits

Vigorous

Flowering

Mid-season

Position

Shade

Originated by

Great Britain

First publication

2007-2008

Seen

Mount Edgcumbe (Plymouth)

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Seidenstern     


Seidenstern

Seidenstern    Seidenstern    Seidenstern

Species

Japonica

Color

Red

Flower size

Medium

Flower form

Semi-double

Growth habits

Medium

Habit

Upright

Flowering

Mid-season

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Peter Fischer (Germany)

Origination year

1993

Seen

Botanischer Garten (Köln)
Généalogie
Seedling of Moshio

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Seigneur d'Oudon    


Seigneur d'Oudon

Seigneur d'Oudon   Seigneur d'Oudon   Seigneur d'Oudon

Species

Japonica

Color

Red

Flower size

Medium

Flower form

Formal double

Growth habits

Fast

Habit

Upright -

Flowering

Mid-season

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Alfred Lemaitre (Carquefou, France)

Origination year

1998

Seen

Jardin des plantes de Nantes - Nursery - Private garden
Généalogie
Seedling of Général Leclerc

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Seiôbo    


Seiôbo

Seiôbo   Seiôbo   Seiôbo

Species

Wabisuke

Color

Pink

Aspect

Graduated shading

Flower size

Medium

Flower form

Single

Growth habits

Vigorous

Habit

Upright

Flowering

Early to late

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Japan

Origination year

2007

Comments

Considered to be a seedling of 'Kaga-wabisuke'.

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Private garden
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Seki-no-yume    


Seki-no-yume

Seki-no-yume  

Species

Japonica

Color

Pink

Flower size

Small

Flower form

Semi-double

Habit

Dwarf

Flowering

Mid-season

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Japan

Origination year

1958

Comments

Released by Jitarô Nagao. C. japonica ssp. rusticana

Seen

Nursery

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Sekiyô    


Sekiyô

Sekiyô   Sekiyô   Sekiyô

Species

Sasanqua

Color

Pink

Flower size

Large

Flower form

Single - Semi-double

Habit

Compact

Flowering

Early to late

Position

Sunlight

Originated by

Japan

First publication

1957

Comments

Fragrant

Seen

Nursery

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Senator Duncan U. Fletcher    


Senator Duncan U. Fletcher

Senator Duncan U. Fletcher   Senator Duncan U. Fletcher   Senator Duncan U. Fletcher

Species

Japonica

Color

Pink

Flower size

Medium

Flower form

Peony Form

Growth habits

Slow

Habit

Upright

Flowering

Early to late

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

USA

First publication

1941-1942

Seen

Jardin des plantes de Nantes

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Senbazuru (Chûbu)    


Senbazuru (Chûbu)

Senbazuru (Chûbu)  

Species

Japonica

Color

Pink

Flower size

Small

Flower form

Single

Growth habits

Vigorous

Habit

Upright

Flowering

Early to late

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Japan

Origination year

1973

Comments

Named and released by Minoru Satô

Seen

Kurume Camellia Garden (Kurume)

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Sennen-fujimurasaki    


Sennen-fujimurasaki

Sennen-fujimurasaki   Sennen-fujimurasaki   Sennen-fujimurasaki

Species

Japonica

Color

Purple

Flower size

Medium

Flower form

Single

Growth habits

Vigorous

Habit

Upright

Flowering

Mid-season

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Japan

Origination year

1982

Comments

Released by Sennen Matsumoto

Seen

Ishibashi Cultural Center (Kurume)
Généalogie
Seedling of C. japonica

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Sennin    


Sennin

Sennin   Sennin   Sennin

Species

Japonica

Color

Red

Flower size

Medium

Flower form

Single

Growth habits

Vigorous

Habit

Upright

Flowering

Early to late

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture (Japan)

Origination year

1965

Comments

Raised by Saisuke Hisatomi

Seen

Ishibashi Cultural Center (Kurume) - Kurume Camellia Garden (Kurume)

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Sennin-bokuhan    


Sennin-bokuhan

Sennin-bokuhan   Sennin-bokuhan   Sennin-bokuhan

Species

Japonica

Color

Red

Flower size

Medium

Flower form

Anemone Form

Growth habits

Vigorous

Habit

Upright

Flowering

Mid-season

Position

Shade

Originated by

Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture (Japan)

Origination year

2003

Comments

Released by Yuki'e Hisatomi

Seen

Kurume Camellia Garden (Kurume)
Généalogie
Seedling of Momoiro-bokuhan

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Senorita    


Senorita

Senorita   Senorita   Senorita

Species

Hybrid C.x williamsii

Color

Pink

Flower size

Medium

Flower form

Semi-double

Growth habits

Medium

Habit

Spreading

Flowering

Early to late

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Nursery Jury (New Zeland)

Origination year

1957

Seen

Jardin des plantes de Nantes - Parco delle Camelie (Locarno) - Mount Edgcumbe (Plymouth) - Private garden

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Senritsu-ko    


Senritsu-ko

Senritsu-ko   Senritsu-ko   Senritsu-ko

Species

Hybrid

Color

Yellow

Flower size

Medium

Flower form

Formal double - Rose-Form Double

Growth habits

Medium

Habit

Upright

Flowering

Mid-season

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Japan

Origination year

1993

Comments

Released by Tadao Yamaguchi. C. nitidissima hybrid.

Seen

Nursery

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Sept Bonheurs    


Sept Bonheurs

Sept Bonheurs   Sept Bonheurs   Sept Bonheurs

Species

Japonica

Color

Pink

Flower size

Medium

Flower form

Single

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Botanic Nursery Thoby (France)

First publication

2003

Seen

Trevarez Garden - Private garden

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Sericea    


Sericea

Sericea   Sericea   Sericea

Species

Japonica

Synonym(s)

Sericea Vera - Puquella

Color

Red

Flower size

Large

Flower form

Anemone Form

Flowering

Early to late

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Great Britain

First publication

1830

Seen

Botanischer Garten (Köln) - Private garden

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Sesshû    


Sesshû

Sesshû   Sesshû   Sesshû

Species

Japonica

Color

White

Flower size

Medium

Flower form

Single

Growth habits

Vigorous

Habit

Upright

Flowering

Early to late

Position

Shade

Originated by

Japan

Origination year

1981

Comments

Named and released by Yasuhai Ihara

Seen

Kurume Camellia Garden (Kurume)

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Seto-egao    


Seto-egao

Seto-egao   Seto-egao  

Species

Higo Camellias

Color

Pink

Aspect

Graduated shading

Flower size

Large

Flower form

Single

Habit

Upright

Flowering

Early to late

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Kumamoto Prefecture (Japan)

Origination year

1914

Comments

Released by Tôjirô Seto

Seen

Private garden

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Setsugekka    


Setsugekka

Setsugekka   Setsugekka   Setsugekka

Species

Sasanqua

Synonym(s)

Fluted White - Wavy White - Elegant Friends

Color

White

Flower size

Large

Flower form

Single - Semi-double

Growth habits

Fast

Habit

Upright

Flowering

Early

Position

Sunlight

Originated by

Japan

First publication

1898

Comments

Could be 'Orcival'

Seen

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Sévria     


Sévria

Sévria    Sévria    Sévria

Species

Japonica

Color

White

Flower form

Peony Form - Formal double

Position

Shade

Originated by

Alfred Lemaitre (Carquefou, France)

Origination year

1998

Seen

Private garden
Généalogie
Seedling of Francis Hanger

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Shala's Baby    


Shala's Baby

Shala's Baby   Shala's Baby   Shala's Baby

Species

Japonica

Color

White

Flower size

Small

Flower form

Anemone Form

Growth habits

Medium

Habit

Spreading

Flowering

Early to late

Position

Shade

Originated by

USA

Origination year

1974

Seen

Nursery - Trevarez Garden
Généalogie
Seedling of C. japonica

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Shanghai Lady    


Shanghai Lady

Shanghai Lady   Shanghai Lady   Shanghai Lady

Species

Hybrid C.reticulata

Synonym(s)

Shangai Furen - Shangai Nüshi

Color

Pink

Flower size

Very large

Flower form

Semi-double

Growth habits

Fast

Habit

Spreading

Flowering

Early to late

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Nuccio's Nurseries (USA)

Origination year

1976

Seen

Ishibashi Cultural Center (Kurume)

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Shelter Cove    


Shelter Cove

Shelter Cove  

Species

Hybrid C.reticulata

Color

Pink

Flower size

Large

Flower form

Rose-Form Double - Formal double

Growth habits

Vigorous

Habit

Upright

Flowering

Mid-season

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

USA

Origination year

2005

Seen

Exhibition

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Shengjie    


Shengjie

Shengjie   Shengjie  

Species

Hybrid C.reticulata

Color

Bicolor White-Pink

Aspect

Graduated shading

Flower size

Very large

Flower form

Semi-double - Rose-Form Double

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

USA

First publication

2007

Seen

Nursery

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Sheridan    


Sheridan

Sheridan   Sheridan   Sheridan

Species

Japonica

Color

Pink

Flower size

Medium

Flower form

Single

Growth habits

Fast

Habit

Compact -

Flowering

Mid-season

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

E.G. Waterhouse (Australia)

First publication

1965

Seen

Parco Botanico del Gambarogno

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Shiba Xueshi    


Shiba Xueshi

Shiba Xueshi  

Species

Japonica

Color

Pink

Flower size

Medium

Flower form

Formal double

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

China

First publication

1959

Comments

Many different coloured blooms on the same branch and variegated forms

Seen

Huntington Botanical Gardens (San Marino)

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Shibori-egao    


Shibori-egao

Shibori-egao   Shibori-egao   Shibori-egao

Species

Sasanqua

Synonym(s)

Egao-nishiki

Color

Pink

Aspect

White blotched

Flower size

Medium

Flower form

Semi-double

Growth habits

Vigorous

Habit

Bushy -

Flowering

Late season

Position

Sunlight

Originated by

Japan

First publication

1974

Comments

C. Vernalis

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Shibori-Egao Corkscrew    


Shibori-Egao Corkscrew

Shibori-Egao Corkscrew   Shibori-Egao Corkscrew   Shibori-Egao Corkscrew

Species

Sasanqua

Color

Pink

Aspect

White blotched

Flower size

Medium

Flower form

Semi-double

Growth habits

Vigorous

Habit

Upright

Flowering

Late season

Position

Sunlight

First publication

2009

Comments

C. vernalis

Seen

Nursery
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Shibori-fuku-musume    


Shibori-fuku-musume

Shibori-fuku-musume   Shibori-fuku-musume   Shibori-fuku-musume

Species

Japonica

Color

Pink

Aspect

Pink striped

Flower form

Single

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

No origin identified

Seen

Private garden

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Shibori-renge    


Shibori-renge

Shibori-renge   Shibori-renge   Shibori-renge

Species

Hybrid

Color

Bicolor White-Pink

Flower form

Semi-double

Flowering

Mid-season

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture (Japan)

First publication

2010

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Shichigosan    


Shichigosan

Shichigosan   Shichigosan   Shichigosan

Species

Higo Camellias

Color

Pink

Aspect

Graduated shading

Flower size

Small

Flower form

Single

Growth habits

Vigorous

Habit

Spreading

Flowering

Early to late

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Kumamoto Prefecture (Japan)

First publication

1984

Seen

Private garden

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Shikainamibeni    


Shikainamibeni

Shikainamibeni   Shikainamibeni  

Species

Japonica

Color

Red

Flower size

Large

Flower form

Semi-double - Peony Form

Growth habits

Vigorous

Habit

Spreading

Flowering

Mid-season

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Japan

First publication

1972

Comments

Sport of 'Chubû-shikainami'

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Suiten-Gû Shrine (Kurume)

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Shikibu    


Shikibu

Shikibu   Shikibu  

Species

Japonica

Color

Red

Flower size

Small

Flower form

Anemone Form

Habit

Spreading

Flowering

Early to late

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Japan

Origination year

1957

Seen

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Shimofusa-wabisuke    


Shimofusa-wabisuke

Shimofusa-wabisuke   Shimofusa-wabisuke   Shimofusa-wabisuke

Species

Japonica

Color

Pink

Flower size

Small

Flower form

Single

Habit

Upright

Flowering

Early to late

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Japan

Origination year

1980

Comments

Wabisuke. Released by Kan Utsugi.

Seen

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Shintsukasa    


Shintsukasa

Shintsukasa   Shintsukasa   Shintsukasa

Species

Higo Camellias

Color

Red

Flower size

Large

Flower form

Single

Flowering

Early to late

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Kumamoto Prefecture (Japan)

First publication

1958

Seen

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Shintsukasa-nishiki    


Shintsukasa-nishiki

Shintsukasa-nishiki   Shintsukasa-nishiki  

Species

Higo Camellias

Color

Bicolor White-Red

Aspect

Red striped

Flower size

Large

Flower form

Single

Flowering

Late season

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Kumamoto Prefecture (Japan)

First publication

1912

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Private garden
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Shiragiku    


Shiragiku

Shiragiku   Shiragiku   Shiragiku

Species

Japonica

Synonym(s)

Purity - Tama-usagi - Gardenia - Neige d'Oree - Refinement ....

Color

White

Flower size

Medium

Flower form

Formal double

Growth habits

Fast

Flowering

Early to late

Position

Shade

Originated by

Japan

First publication

1681

Seen

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Shiranui    


Shiranui

Shiranui   Shiranui   Shiranui

Species

Higo Camellias

Synonym(s)

Crimson Cup - Buzhihuo - Shiranui (Higo)

Color

Pink

Flower size

Large

Flower form

Single

Growth habits

Vigorous

Habit

Upright

Flowering

Mid-season

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Kumamoto Prefecture (Japan)

First publication

1912

Seen

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Shirataka    


Shirataka

Shirataka   Shirataka   Shirataka

Species

Higo Camellias

Synonym(s)

Higo-hakutaka

Color

White

Flower size

Medium

Flower form

Single

Flowering

Mid-season

Position

Shade

Originated by

Kumamoto Prefecture (Japan)

Origination year

1800

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Shiratama-hôshu    


Shiratama-hôshu

Shiratama-hôshu   Shiratama-hôshu   Shiratama-hôshu

Species

Japonica

Color

White

Flower size

Medium

Flower form

Formal double

Growth habits

Vigorous

Habit

Upright

Flowering

Mid-season

Position

Shade

Originated by

Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture (Japan)

Origination year

1993

Comments

Named by Shunsuke Hisatomi in 1993, but estimated age is 200 years.

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Shirayuki     


Shirayuki

Shirayuki    Shirayuki    Shirayuki

Species

Higo Camellias

Synonym(s)

Shirayuki (Higo) - Higo-shirayuki

Color

White

Flower size

Medium

Flower form

Single

Position

Shade

Originated by

Kumamoto Prefecture (Japan)

First publication

1966

Seen

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Shiro-kujaku    


Shiro-kujaku

Shiro-kujaku   Shiro-kujaku   Shiro-kujaku

Species

Japonica

Color

White

Flower size

Large

Flower form

Semi-double

Habit

Spreading -

Flowering

Early to late

Position

Shade

Originated by

Japan

Origination year

2004

Comments

Released by Shinishi Nogushi

Seen

Exhibition - Nursery

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Shiro-osaraku    


Shiro-osaraku

Shiro-osaraku   Shiro-osaraku   Shiro-osaraku

Species

Higo Camellias

Synonym(s)

Seigenji-osaraku

Color

White

Flower size

Medium

Flower form

Single

Position

Shade

Originated by

Kumamoto Prefecture (Japan)

First publication

1912

Seen

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Shiro-wabisuke    


Shiro-wabisuke

Shiro-wabisuke   Shiro-wabisuke   Shiro-wabisuke

Species

Wabisuke

Synonym(s)

Wabisuke-shiro

Color

White

Flower size

Miniature

Flower form

Single

Growth habits

Slow

Habit

Compact

Flowering

Early to late

Position

Shade

Originated by

Japan

First publication

1844

Seen

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Shiro Chan    


Shiro Chan

Shiro Chan   Shiro Chan   Shiro Chan

Species

Japonica

Synonym(s)

Shichen - Chandleri Alba - White Chandleri - Chandleri White

Color

White

Flower size

Medium

Flower form

Peony Form - Anemone Form

Habit

Bushy

Flowering

Mid-season

Position

Shade

Originated by

USA

Origination year

1950

Seen

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Shirobotan    


Shirobotan

Shirobotan   Shirobotan   Shirobotan

Species

Japonica

Synonym(s)

Wonder Grow

Color

White

Flower size

Medium

Flower form

Semi-double - Peony Form

Growth habits

Vigorous

Habit

Bushy -

Flowering

Mid-season

Position

Shade

Originated by

USA

First publication

1949

Seen

Jardin des plantes de Nantes

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Shirohitoe-kingyoba-tsubaki    


Shirohitoe-kingyoba-tsubaki

Shirohitoe-kingyoba-tsubaki  

Species

Japonica

Color

White

Flower size

Medium

Flower form

Single

Habit

Upright

Flowering

Early to late

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Japan

Origination year

1957

Comments

Released by Giichirô Kôzu

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Shirokarako    


Shirokarako

Shirokarako   Shirokarako   Shirokarako

Species

Japonica

Synonym(s)

Kotohajime - Kaga-tsubaki

Color

White

Flower size

Medium

Flower form

Anemone Form

Growth habits

Vigorous

Habit

Spreading

Flowering

Early to late

Position

Shade

Originated by

Japan

First publication

1788

Comments

C. japonica ssp. rusticana

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Shirokingyoba-tsubaki    


Shirokingyoba-tsubaki

Shirokingyoba-tsubaki   Shirokingyoba-tsubaki   Shirokingyoba-tsubaki

Species

Japonica

Color

White

Flower size

Medium

Flower form

Single

Position

Shade

Originated by

Japan

First publication

1957

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Shirosakasa-fuji    


Shirosakasa-fuji

Shirosakasa-fuji   Shirosakasa-fuji   Shirosakasa-fuji

Species

Japonica

Color

White

Flower size

Large

Flower form

Single

Habit

Upright

Flowering

Early to late

Position

Shade

Originated by

Japan

Origination year

1980

Comments

Released by Toshiaki Kosaki

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