Ōzu-yabu

ICS., Apr.1990, Japanese Camellia Cultivar List, p.19. No description. Originated in the Ehime Prefecture, Japan. Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.46 with colour photo; English translation p.29. Small, white, occasionally red splashes and stripes on pink ground, tubular to trumpet shaped single, cylindrical stamen column. Flowers early. Leaves narrowly elliptic, small. Upright to spreading growth. Selected from wild japonicas growing in Yawatahama City. Named by Ōzu Camellia Enthusiasts Club in 1984.

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.46. 【花】白、希に桃地の紅に吹掛け〜縦絞りの 一重、筒〜ラッパ咲き、筒しベの小輪、2月。 【葉】長楕円、小形。【樹】立〜横張り性。【来 歴】八幡浜市の野生ヤブツバキの選抜種。1984年に大洲椿愛好会の命名•発表。写•文/ 田島。