‘Bangaku’ [Satsuki]


‘Bangaku’ [Satsuki]

Photo © Carolyn Beck

Cultivar: Group: Color: Blooms: Type: Reg Ref:
‘Bangaku’ Satsuki Late Evergreen
Height: Width: Hardy: Other Name(s): Seed Parent: Pollen Parent:
2’ 2 3/4’ -5°F ‘Shozui’ ‘Yomei’
2’ tall x 2 3/4’ wide. Flowers variable: 1) white with light purplish-pink stripes and lines, pale yellow-green throat; 2) light purplish-pink selfs. Single, funnel-shaped with round, broadly overlapping ruffled lobes, 3-4” wide. Blooms late (early June in Oak Hill, VA). Foliage red and yellow in fall. Zone 7; hardy to -5°F. ‘Shozui’ x ‘Shomei’ (no listing; may be 'Yomei'). Translation: Ten Thousand Peaks. PI 227069, 1955. BG 1135. Note: two different cultivars listed with the same phonetic spelling; no description for the second.