Aga-no-homare

Seibundō, Shinkōsha, 1973, Garden Life, No.5, p.16, illustration; Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.7, colour photo, description, p.197: Flower, deep crimson, rose form double; stamens divided and mixed with centre petals, not showing until bloom is fully opened, 9-12 cm in diameter, 23 petals, mid-season flowering. Leaves, medium-sized, elliptical; apex acute, reflexed; petioles hairy. Plant habit, strong, densely bushy. Originated in Higashi-kanbara-gun, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Collected, named and released by Yaichi Kawamura in 1966.

【花】紅色の八重咲き、抱え性、割りしベ、中〜大輪、3〜4 月。【葉】楕円、中形、反曲。【樹】叢生、強い、ユキ系。【来歴】東蒲原郡の民家の栽培種。1966年に川村弥一の採集、命 名•発表。写/大岡、文/萩屋