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Leo in N E Illinois

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Satsuki azalea, white flowered version of 'Waka Ebisu' got it as a slender straight vertical whip in 2007, photos from yesterday. Pot is YiXing, carved dragons chasing a pearl, not easy to make out due to the black glaze. I think it's name is 'Shiro Ebisu', but I'm not at home to look it up. Flowers are big, much bigger than previous bloomings.

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The name alludes me. Any helpView attachment 196106
I spent quite a while with Callaham’s book on the way home from Sacramento yesterday. My guess is one of the gumpo/gunpo variants. From what I gather, there are several spellings considered to be synonymous, except when they’re not. Specifically, I think it’s most likely Kunpo, often translated as “witch’s broom”, given the five ruffled lobes and trumpet shaped flower, but was quite possibly sold as Gumpo White. That’s just a guess, though—whatever it is, it’s a beaut.
 

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That’s just a guess, though—whatever it is, it’s a beaut.
Thanks for the research! Found it at the local nursery. It did not allude me it... it eluded me. I was just confused all around.
 

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Monet’s Gardens at Girvennay.
 

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Thanks for the research! Found it at the local nursery. It did not allude me it... it eluded me. I was just confused all around.
Sorry, I've been away for a while.
Boy, did I feel like a complete and utter dolt. My brain went straight to azalea, hence Callaham, and then to find out it's another plant altogether. o_O
In my defense, here's a shot of a gumpo white....
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And here's the new kenpo that should be arriving at my house today, which I purchased while in Sacramento....
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Hence my having azalea-brain.
I'm going to go pull the covers over my head now.
 

Leo in N E Illinois

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Hippeastrum 'Red Imp' - double red and relatively dwarf for Hippeastrum. Blooms late because I grow them outdoors bring them in in autumn, dry them out, then forget about them until I found them in late May. If I had remembered, I could have forced them in February.
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Backdrop needs a good cleaning, oh well.
 

Leo in N E Illinois

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Satsuki 'Waka Ebisu', whip imported from Japan about 10 years ago. It looks a little different than the 'Waka Ebisu' propagated commercially in southern USA for landscape use. This one will do the sectors of different colors, rather than be the stable uniform coral pink of the long time landscape strains. It will throw hose in hose double flowers, but for some reason not this year. My current favorite Satsuki.

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Kill it all.

I kill these in the woods up here. They are a native plant in the Chicago region that made it in to the nursery trade, than escaped in to natural areas and out competes the actual natives.
Hmmm. Mine is confined to my perennial garden, I've had them for years.
 
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