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‘Daiseko’ [Satsuki]


‘Daiseko’ [Satsuki]

Photo © Carolyn Beck

Cultivar: Group: Color: Blooms: Type: Reg Ref:
‘Daiseko’ Satsuki Very Late Evergreen
Height: Width: Hardy: Other Name(s): Seed Parent: Pollen Parent:
24" -10°F
2’ tall x 3’, slow growing, upright, compact. Flowers variable: 1) white with occasional deep purplish-pink sectors and stripes ; 2) dark purplish-pink with irregular white margins. Single, tubular funnel-shaped, with narrow, widely spaced or slightly overlapping, pointed, strongly reflexed lobes, 2- 3” wide. Blooms very late season (Satsuki very late season). Leaves medium, narrow. Hardy to -10°F. Sport of ‘Gobinishiki’. Translation: Great Starlight.