Akebono
Key Attributes
| Cultivar Name | Akebono |
| Species | Camellia x lutchuensis |
| Primary Color | pink |
| Secondary Color | yellow |
| Color Pattern | soft pink petals with deeper pink shading and contrasting yellow stamens |
| Bloom Form | single |
| Bloom Season | mid-season |
| Fragrance | lightly fragrant |
| Growth Habit | upright |
About this Camellia cultivar
Camellia 'Akebono' is a classic ornamental camellia cultivar known for its soft dawn-pink flowers and elegant evergreen habit. The name means 'dawn' in Japanese, reflecting its delicate pale pink coloration. Based on reference context, it is associated with Camellia x lutchuensis breeding, likely related to or confused with 'Minato no Akebono', a fragrant hybrid carrying the refined foliage and floriferous habit of lutchuensis ancestry. The blooms are typically soft pink with deeper pink shading and prominent golden stamens, giving the plant a graceful and luminous appearance. It is grown as an evergreen flowering shrub with glossy dark green leaves and is valued for ornamental garden use, especially in the camellia season.
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