Professor Charles S. Sargent

Professor Charles S. Sargent

The origin of this C. japonica variety is unknown. Professor Harold Hume believed it may have been imported into USA by Berkman's Nursery (later Fruitland Nursery) from Seidel Nursery, Germany, then to Magnolia Gardens, where it was named by the Rev. John G. Drayton for Professor Charles Sprague Sargent, then Director of the Arnold Arboretum. Chinese synonym: 'Sajinte Jiaoshou'.

Bloom: A tight, peony to anemone form with many petaloids shading from rose-pink to dark red, 3.54" to 3.941" across x 1.97" deep with 12 wide, slightly rumpled guard petals surrounding an irregular maser petals are long, narrow, curled or rolled and distinctly incurved, having the appearance of an incurved chrysanthemum. Some of the inner petals are occasionally veined with pink or white, but this is seldom visible due to the compact formation of the flower which usually carries 220-230 petals. 

Plant:  The plant is of vigorous growth and a free and early bloomer. Moderate growing to 15 ft. tall and 10 ft. wide, larger with age.
 
Leaf: Leaves dark green, thick, broad-elliptic, 3.94" x 1.97", acuminate apex on a tall, vigorous, fast growing plant. Cold hardy to 10 degrees F - 20 degrees F.


Bloom season: Early.