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‘Sumizome’ [Satsuki]


‘Sumizome’ [Satsuki]

Photo © Jim Trumbly

Cultivar: Group: Color: Blooms: Type: Reg Ref:
‘Sumizome’ Satsuki Pink,Pink-Light Late Midseason Evergreen
Height: Width: Hardy: Other Name(s): Seed Parent: Pollen Parent:
low spreading Zone 7 Sport of ‘Shinnyo no Tsuki’
Low, spreading habit. Flowers pale purplish-pink with fairly narrow darker pink margins. Pale pink stamens and pistil. Single, broad funnel shape with rounded, reflexed, overlapping, wavy lobes, 2 ½-3” wide. Blooms Satsuki early season. Leaves round, small. Zone 7. Translation: Black Ink Dye.