‘Shiryu-no-Homare’ [Satsuki]
‘Shiryu-no-Homare’ [Satsuki] Photo © Carolyn Beck |
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| Cultivar: | Group: | Color: | Blooms: | Type: | Reg Ref: |
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| ‘Shiryu-no-Homare’ | Satsuki | Late | Evergreen | ||
| Height: | Width: | Hardy: | Other Name(s): | Seed Parent: | Pollen Parent: |
| 2 ½’ | 3' | -5 F | ‘Reigyoku’ | ‘Rinpu’ | |
| 2 ½’ x 3’ wide, vigorous. Flowers intense reddish-purple. Single, funnel shape with narrow, pointed, slightly overlapping lobes, 1 ½-2” wide. Blooms abundantly and late (early June in Oak Hill, VA = Satsuki late midseason). Leaves glossy dark green. Juvenile leaf shape slender, twisted, rolled inwards (Rinpu type), obovate, medium in size. Zone 7; hardy to 0 or -5 F. Cross: ‘Reigyoku’, Satsuki x ‘Rinpu’, Satsuki. Translation: Glory of the Purple Dragon. | |||||