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‘Akebono’

Name:
‘Akebono’
Kanji:
アケボノ
Sport of
‘Omurasaki’
Flower size:
large
Flower colour:
lavender
Blotch colour:
purple
Type:

Hirado

Country:
Japan

Sekai Tsutsuji Center

Notes:
The blotch sport of ‘Omurasaki’, Kanji: 曙
Synonym: ‘George Lindley Taber’, ‘Alphonse Anderson’
More precisely, an Okirishima (オオキリシマ) variety.
Akebono Hirado azalea flowers
Image credit:
William C. Miller III
Akebono Hirado azalea flowers
Image credit:
William C. Miller III
Akebono Hirado azalea flowers
Akebono Hirado azalea flowers
Hereditary Tree
‘Akebono’
|
‘Omurasaki’
R. scabrumR. mucronatum
R. ripenseR. macrosepalum




Offspring:
‘Holly Springs Irish Cream’, cross: ‘Akebono’ x ‘Janet Rhea’

Partial Siblings:
‘Shirotae’, sport of ‘Omurasaki’