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Camellias for Dwarfs and Elves – an article by Yuri Panchul in American Camellia Yearbook 2011

Published on March 18, 2012 by Yuri Panchul. 1 Comment. Tags: American Camellia Society, American Camellia Yearbook, columnar habit, low growing, short internodes, small leaves, Yuri Panchul..

I just received a new American Camellia Yearbook 2011 in the mail and it has my article about compact sasanqua cultivars, Camellias for Dwarfs and Elves. The American Camellia Yearbook is the most prestigious periodical about camellias published by the American Camellia Society. I have an issue of every single American Camellia Yearbook since 1946 – all 66 of them. Below I made photo pictures of all pages, relevant to my article.

Я только что получил по почте новый выпуск ежегодника American Camellia Yearbook 2011, в котором напечатали мою статью про компактные культивары камелии сазанки – “Камелии для гномов и эльфов”. American Camellia Yearbook является самым престижным журналом о камелиях, который публикует Американское Общество Камелий. По количеству и качеству статей ему нет равных в мире. У меня есть каждый выпуск American Camellia Yearbook с 1946 года – все 66 книжек. Внизу я сфотографировал все страницы журнала, имеющие отношение к моей статье.

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Camellia grijsii

Published on March 13, 2008 by Yuri Panchul. 3 Comments. Tags: China, chromosome numbers, Clifford Parks, cluster-flowering habit, Collected Species of the genus Camellia, columnar habit, de Grijs, double, Du Yueqiang, 长瓣短柱茶, Fujian, Gao Jiyin, grijsii, Guangxi, Henry Fletcher Hance, Hubei, hybridizing, impressed veins, International Camellia Society, japonica, Kamo Honnami, Katsuhiko Kondo, kissii, Nuccio's Nurseries, oleifera, Paracamellia, Sichuan, single, small leaves, Species, tea oil, white, yuhsienensis, Yume, Zhenzhu Cha..

This month The International Camellia Society put two of my camellia photo pictures to the front page of their website. One is a picture of Camellia japonica ‘Kamo Honnami’ (see their website), and another is a picture of Camellia grijsii, a species related to C. sasanqua:

Camellia grijsii
C. grijsii

Camellia grijsii (长瓣短柱茶 in Chinese) Hance (1879) is a wild species of section Paracamellia. It is related to C. sasanqua, C. oleifera and C. kissii. It was collected in 1861 in Fujian by C.F.M. de Grijs. It is distributed in China (Fujian, Hubei, Sichuan, Guangxi) and used for a high-quality oil production. C. grijsii is closely related to another species – C. yuhsienensis, that is a parent of a popular cultivar ‘Yume’.

I got my two plants of C. grijsii from Nuccio’s Nurseries. The first one (shown above) has single white flowers and the second one is a double-flowered Chinese cultivar called ‘Zhenzhucha’:

Camellia grijsii 'Zhenzhucha'
Camellia grijsii ‘Zhenzhucha’

Camellia grijsii has great hybridizing potential. Two plants in my garden have small leaves with impressed veins and very columnar shape. I believe there are also varieties with larger leaves, but I am specifically interested in small-leaved cultivars.

Another great feature of C. grijsii is its cluster-flowering habit. However in my garden C. grijsii flowers from January to March, so it will be a challenge to cross it with Fall-flowering sasanquas. Probably I will have to store some pollen from sasanquas in refrigerator for a couple of months.

Another problem is chromosome number. According to Kondo and his associates it has a variety of chromosome numbers 2n = 30, 60, 75 and 90 (see the reference in Collected Species of the Genus Camellia, an Illustrated Outline by Gao Jiyin, Clifford R. Parks and Du Yuequiang).
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2008 National Camellia Show at Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania

Published on February 25, 2008 by Yuri Panchul. 6 Comments. Tags: American National Shows, anemone, Chang Hung Ta, China, Chojiguruma, 粉红短柱茶, Hunan, Japan, Kansai, Kennett Square, Longwood Gardens, Paracamellia, Pennsylvania, photography competitions, pink, puniceiflora, Shows and conferences, single, small leaves, Species, USA, Zhejiang, 丁子車..

I got two awards on 2008 National Camellia Show at Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. I took part in photography competition.

The first photo picture is of species Camellia puniceiflora from section Paracamellia:

Camellia puniceiflora (粉红短柱茶 in Chinese) Chang 1981. A wild species distributed in China: Zhejiang, Hunan. Small leaves, grows up to 2 m (6 f) high.

The second photo picture is of sasanqua cultivar called Chojiguruma:

Chojiguruma, 丁子車 in Japanese. Means “a wheel of anemone” in Japanese. Introduced in 1789. Originated in Kansai, spread to many places. This anemone form is very rare for C. sasanqua cultivars.

The complete list of all results of the Camellia Photography Show is below:
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Other species and hybrids

Published on December 28, 2007 by Yuri Panchul. 0 Comments. Tags: Bhutan, bicolor, brevistyla, brevistyla form rubida, Bunzo Hayata, Buttermint, California, Camellia Forest Nursery, Chang Hung Ta, China, Christmas Rose, Cohen Stuart, creamy, de Grijs, double, first gallery, Fujian, Gingetsu Perkins, grijsii, Gu Zhi Jian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Henry Fletcher Hance, hiemalis, Hsen Hsu Hu, Hubei, Hunan, Japan, Jiangxi, Kai Mei's Choice, Kampuchea, Katsuhiko Kondo, Kiss, kissii, Laos, Longquan, Ming Tien Lu, misnamed, Myanmar, Nathaniel Wallich, Nepal, North Carolina, Northern India, Nuccio's Nurseries, P. L. Chiu, pink, puniceiflora, reticulata, sasanqua-reticulata hybrid, Shishigashira, Sichuan, Sikkim, single, small leaves, Southeast Asia, Species, striped, Thailand, USA, Vietnam, white, Williams' Lavender, Xiao Tiao Jiang, yellowish, You Xian, Yuh Shan, yuhsienensis, Yume, Yunnan, Zhejiang, Zhenzhu Cha..

↑ C. kissii. Wallich 1820. Was callected by botanist named Kiss. Wide range in Southeast Asia – SE China (Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan), Myanmar, Bhutan, northern India, Kampuchea, Laos, Nepal, Sikkim, Thailand and Vietnam. Highly variable, flowers have creamy yellowish tint, flowers in winter.

↑ Buttermint. A hybrid of C. kissii. Originated by Nuccio’s Nurseries, California in 1997. Keeps creamy yellowish tint, inherited from C. kissii parent.

↑ C. grijsii. Hance 1879. Was collected in 1861 in Fujian by C.F.M. de Grijs. Distributed in China: Fujian, Hubei, Sichuan, Guangxi. Tidy upright bushes, impressed veins, related to C. yuhsienensis that has larger flowers, there is a double form called ‘Zhenzhu Cha’. Grows to 11 ft (3 m) high, flowers winter to spring. C. yuhsienensis. Hu 1965. Discovered on the mountain Yuh Shan (You Xian) in Hunan in 1960s. Distributed in China: Hunan, Jiangxi, Hubei, Guangdong. Best quality oil of any species, grows to 11 ft (3 m) high, flowers winter to spring, parent of ‘Yume’. Chromosome numbers: 2n = 30, 45, 75 and 90 (Gu, et al., 1988; Kondo, 1990; Xiao, et al., 1991).

↑ Yume. C. x hiemalis ‘Shishigashira’ x C. yuhsienensis. The name means “Dream” in Japanese. The flower has a very unusual alternation of white and pink petals. Originated in Japan.

↑ C. puniceiflora. Chang 1981. Distributed in China: Zhejiang, Hunan. Small leaves, grows up to 2 m (6 f) high.

↑ C. brevistyla form. rubida. C. brevistyla (Hay.) Cohen Stuart (1916) form. rubida P. L. Chiu (1987). Distributed in China in hilly areas of Longquan in Zhejiang Province. Chromosome number: 2n = 30 (Kondo, 1977).

↑ Gingetsu Perkins. A misnamed cultivar, sent to Nuccio’s Nurseries, California. Possibly a sasanqua-reticulata hybrid.

↑ Kai Mei’s Choice. C. sasanqua x (C. sasanqua x C. reticulata). Originated in Camellia Forest Nursery, North Carolina.

↑ Stars’N'Stripes. A chance seedling of ‘Christmas Rose’ (Williams’ Lavender x Shishigashira). Originated by Nuccio’s Nurseries, California.

Low growing and small foliage

Published on December 28, 2007 by Yuri Panchul. 0 Comments. Tags: California, columnar habit, Coolidge Rare Plants, double, Dwarf Shishi, first gallery, Japan, Jewel Box, low growing, N#9820, Nuccio's Nurseries, Pasadena, pink, Sasanqua Compacta, sasanqua-tenuiflora hybrid, Shishigashira, short internodes, single, Slim'N'Trim, small leaves, Starry Pillar, Tanya, Toichi Domoto, Twinkle Twinkle, white..

↑ Dwarf Shishi. A seedling of ‘Shishigashira’. Originated by Toichi Domoto, California in 1988.

↑ Jewel Box

↑ Twinkle, Twinkle. Originated by Nuccio’s Nurseries, California.

↑ Sasanqua Compacta. Very short leaf internodes. From Nuccio’s Nurseries, California.

↑ Slim’N'Trim. Originated by Nuccio’s Nurseries, California.

↑ Starry Pillar (N#9820). A chance seedling, might be a sasanqua-tenuiflora hybrid. Columnar habit. Originated by Nuccio’s Nurseries.

↑ Tanya. Introduced by Coolidge Rare Plants, east Pasadena, California in 1937. Produced from a seed imported from Japan in 1927.

A new small-leaved cultivar from Nuccio’s Nurseries – ‘Starry Pillar’

Published on September 25, 2007 by Yuri Panchul. 0 Comments. Tags: California, columnar habit, grijsii, Jewel Box, N#9820, Nuccio's Nurseries, sasanqua-tenuiflora hybrid, single, Slim'N'Trim, small leaves, Starry Pillar, tenuiflora, Twinkle Twinkle, white..

By foliage this cultivar is similar to ‘Jewel Box’ and ‘Twinkle, Twinkle’. The habit is columnar and resembles ‘Slim’N'Trim’ and C. grijsii. The flower resembles C. grigsii species. A description from 2006-2007 Nuccio’s catalog:

STARRY PILLAR (N#9820) – Small single white, occasional tint of pink on edge and on bud. Small dark green foliage. Medium growing, columnar habit. (There are several features of this chance seedling that lead us to believe it may well be a Sasanqua-Tenuiflora hybrid.)
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