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Goshiki-Shibori

Goshiki-Shibori

Bloom Form

semi double

Bloom Season

mid season

Key Attributes

Cultivar NameGoshiki-Shibori
SpeciesCamellia japonica
Primary Colorred
Secondary Colorwhite
Color Patternvariegated, striped and splashed
Bloom Formsemi-double
Bloom Seasonmid-season
Growth Habitupright

About this Camellia cultivar

Goshiki-Shibori is a Japanese camellia cultivar, generally treated as a Camellia japonica selection, known for its striking variegated blooms. The flowers are typically red to deep pink irregularly striped, splashed, or blotched with white, creating a dramatic shibori effect. Based on the cultivar name and reference context, it is an ornamental shrub valued for showy winter to spring flowering and glossy evergreen foliage. Like many japonica camellias, it is likely a dense garden shrub with an upright to bushy habit and medium to large formal garden presence.

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Goshiki-Shibori