Hinomaru-wabisuke

Hinomaru-wabisuke is a Japanese wabisuke camellia cultivar, generally treated within Camellia japonica. Wabisuke camellias are prized for their small, refined, often tea-bowl-like flowers and understated elegance. Based on the cultivar name and the typical appearance associated with Hinomaru forms, this cultivar bears modest single blooms in red with a contrasting lighter to white center or staminal accent, giving a flag-like effect suggested by the name 'Hinomaru.' The flowers are usually small and simple rather than fully double, and the plant likely has a neat, upright to bushy shrub habit with small, glossy evergreen foliage. As with many wabisuke camellias, it is likely valued for an early flowering season and subtle, graceful garden presence.