Masae Kumagai
Key Attributes
| Cultivar Name | Kumagai |
| Species | Camellia japonica |
| Primary Color | red |
| Color Pattern | solid |
| Bloom Form | single |
| Bloom Season | mid-season |
| Growth Habit | upright |
About this Camellia cultivar
A Japanese Camellia japonica cultivar, also known as Kumagai, described as an old Edo camellia. It bears large, brilliant-colored blooms with a single, flat form and prominent stamens and pistil. Reference sources indicate it flowers in March to April, making it a spring-blooming, generally mid-season camellia. As with many C. japonica cultivars, it is likely an evergreen shrub with glossy dark green foliage and an upright to bushy garden habit.
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