‘Asuka’ [Satsuki]


‘Asuka’ [Satsuki]

Photo © Jim Trumbly

Cultivar: Group: Color: Blooms: Type: Reg Ref:
‘Asuka’ Satsuki Red,White Midseason Evergreen
Height: Width: Hardy: Other Name(s): Seed Parent: Pollen Parent:
zone 7 'Gekkeikan' 'Shunsui'
Flowers variable 1) white with medium purplish-red stripes, dots, blotch patterns, and selfs; jewel patterns of strong purplish-red with white throats. Star-shaped/sword-shaped, smooth edged single with 5, occasionally 6, elongated, elliptical, narrowly overlapping, pointed lobes; large. Blooms midseason (Satsuki early season). Large leaves. 'Gekkeikan', Satsuki x 'Shunsui', Satsuki. Translation: Fragrance of Tomorrow.