‘Fuku-suzume’ [Satsuki]
‘Fuku-suzume’ [Satsuki] Photo © Carolyn Beck |
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| Cultivar: | Group: | Color: | Blooms: | Type: | Reg Ref: |
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| ‘Fuku-suzume’ | Satsuki | Late | Evergreen | ||
| Height: | Width: | Hardy: | Other Name(s): | Seed Parent: | Pollen Parent: |
| 1 1/2' | 3' | Zone 7 | 'Fuku Suzume' | 'Fujinishiki' | 'Tamaorihime' |
| 1 1/2' x 3' wide, slow-growing, compact. Flowers white with purplish-red flakes and stripes and a green throat; occasionally white with broad purplish-red margins; some purplish-red selfs. Single, open funnel-shaped, with rounded, overlapping lobes and wavy edges, 1 ½-2”/3-3 ¾”. Blooms late (early June in Oak Hill, VA). Leaves rounded, medium size. Zone 7, at least. 'Fujinishiki' x 'Tamaorihime'. BG 0873. Translation: Wealthy Sparrow or Sparrow of Fortune. | |||||