Camellia × vernalis 'Ryuko'
Object Details
- Description
- This red flowered camellia has a name which translates to “dragon light,” and was found as a 150 year old plat at a family home in Japan in the 1970s. While it is cold hardy, it is likely to have fewer flowers in cold temperatures.
- Hardiness
- 0 - 30 F
- Bloom Time
- December
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Range
- cultivated
- Topic
- Display Gardens
- Living Collections
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Display Collection
- On Display
- Enid A. Haupt Garden
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Accession Number
- 2022-0509A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Common Name
- Camellia hybrid cultivar
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Asteranae
- Order
- Ericales
- Family
- Theaceae
- Genus
- Camellia
- Species
- × vernalis
- Life Form
- Evergreen shrub/sub-shrub
- Bloom Characteristics
- Single flowers are deep red. Flowers are 2.5-3" (6.4-7.6 cm) across.
- Structure
- Upright
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2022-0509A
