Asaka

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.299, colour photo and description: Medium size, pale pink, semi-double, opening wide, cup-shape with 2­3 row of irregular, emarginate, overlapping petals and a short, spreading stamen cluster, with large yellow anthers. Leaves dark green, ovate, apices acute, margins coarsely serrate. Blooms early to mid-season. Fragrant. Originated in Okayama Prefecture, Japan from the cross, Hatsu-arashi-Saga x Tagoto-no-tsuki. Originated and released by Nobuo Sasai in 1978.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.299　 岡山產. [花]極淡桃色、八重、椀咲き、筒しべ、有香、中輪、12～3月。[葉]　　[樹]　　　「来歴」　田毎の月と初嵐嵯峨との交配種。　写/神園、文/笹井