‘Gekkeikan’ [Satsuki]


‘Gekkeikan’ [Satsuki]

Photo © Jim Trumbly

Cultivar: Group: Color: Blooms: Type: Reg Ref:
‘Gekkeikan’ Satsuki Late Midseason Evergreen
Height: Width: Hardy: Other Name(s): Seed Parent: Pollen Parent:
Zone 7 'Yata-no-Kagami' 'Shozui'
Slow to moderate, upright habit. Flowers variable: 1) white with yellowish-pink lobes, sectors, stripes, and lines; 2) bicolor: white with yellowish-pink margins; 3) yellowish-pink selfs. Single, funnel-shaped with 6 oval-rounded, overlapping lobes that appear pointed, slightly wavy edges, 3-4" wide. Blooms late-midseason (Satsuki midseason). Leaves medium in size. Zone 7. 'Yata-no-Kagami' x 'Shozui'. Translation: Laurel Crown. BG 0368 & 1198.