Asatsuyu (hybrid)

Ohoka Chinka-en Catalogue, Niigata no Tsubaki, 1983-1984, p.2; Inazawa, Nursery Co. Ltd. Catalogue, 1986-1987, p.7, No. A-344: Pale pink semi-double with paler ornamental border, small, fragrant. Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, pp.302.303, colour photo and description: Small size, soft pink, semi-double with pink gradua­tion towards the petal edge. Stamens few and irregular, filaments white, anthers brownish yel­low. Leaves elliptic, mid-green, apices tapering acute, recurved, margins bluntly serrate, Late flowering. Originated in Niigata Prefecture, Japan by Kaoru Hagiya, from the cross C.japonica var rusticana x C.hybrid Tiny Princess.