Table 1. List of 30 cultivars of Hybiscus syriacus and their flower characters.
Cultivar | Korean name | Abbreviation for cultivar | Flower characters |
Flower colora | Flower shape | Flowering peak period |
Asadal | 아사달 | ASD | PP | single | early August |
Chilbo | 칠보 | CB | PR | single | late July |
Chilboasadal | 칠보아사달 | CBASD | PP | single | mid~late July |
Daegoang | 대광 | DG | PR | single | early August |
Emille | 에밀레 | EML | PR | single | late July |
Gyewolhyang | 계월향 | GWH | PR | single | late July |
Honghwarang | 홍화랑 | HHR | PR | single | late July |
Hongsun | 홍순 | HS | PP | single | mid August |
Hwahab | 화합 | HH | WR | single | early August |
Hwarang | 화랑 | HR | WR | semi-double | late July |
Hyangtanshim | 향단심 | HTS | PR | single | early August |
Kojumong | 고주몽 | KJM | PR | single | early August |
Koyoro | 고요로 | KYR | PR | single | early August |
Nanpa | 난파 | NP | PrR | single | early August |
Paedal | 배달 | PD | White | single | early August |
Paektanshim | 백단심 | PTS | WR | single | late August |
Parangsae | 파랑새 | PRS | LR | single | late July |
Pulkkot | 불꽃 | PK | PR | single | early August |
Pulsae | 불새 | PS | PrR | single | late July |
Saeachim | 새아침 | SAC | PR | single | late August |
Saeyonggwang | 새영광 | SYG | PR | single | mid~late July |
Saimdang | 사임당 | SID | White | semi-double | late July |
Samchuli | 삼천리 | SCL | PR | single | late July |
Simsan | 심산 | SS | WR | single | late July |
Sogwang | 서광 | SG | PR | single | late July |
Sondŏk | 선덕 | SD | WR | single | late July |
Sowol | 소월 | SW | White | single | late July |
Tanshim | 단심 | TS | WR | single | early August |
Wŏlsan | 월산 | WS | WR | single | early August |
Yongkwang | 영광 | YK | PR | single | late July |
Abbreviation for flower colors: LR, a lilac flower with a red eye in the center; PP, a white or light pink flower with pink patterns on the edge of petals; PR, a pink flower with a red eye in the center; PrR, a purple-red flower with a red eye in the center; WR, a white flower with a red eye in the center.