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'Kahori no Kimi

Small, nodding or drooping, bell-shaped, citrus-scented, flowers. Outside violet, inside white at base shading to purple at margins and tips. Filaments greenish white; anthers yellow. Fruit heads persistent. "Kahori" means "scent", "Kimi" is an honorific title in old-style Japanese.

Group: ?Viorna group
Fragrant: Yes
Approximate height: 1.0 or less metres
Flowering period(s): Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep
Pruning: Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by: Kazushige Ozawa
Country of origin: Japan
Date raised: fs1999 ni2006
Parentage: Unknown
Other name(s): None known

Further detail:

Flower diameter: 2.5cm
Tepals: 4; 3.5cm long, 1.5 cm wide, thick and fleshy, long-pointed, tips strongly recurved, margins crinkled, touching towards base