Ayakawa-shibori

Minagawa, 1933, Chinkashū; Chūgai Nusery Co., Catalogue, 1939-1940, p.18: Tuyama, 1966, Camellia Cultivars from Japan, p.272, pl.157; Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.I, 1972, p.334 & pl.293; Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.13, colour photo, p.199, description: Flower, informal double red, peony to anemone, with cloudy white blotches, large outer petals with a centre of confused, small petals and petaloids mixed with stamens, 8-10 cm across. Flowers late season. Leaves, medium size, narrowly elliptic, apex caudate, reflexed, finely serrulate. Plant growth habit, vigorous, erect. Different reading ‘Ayagawa-shibori’. Resembles Yokogawa-shibori. Originated in Kantō Dis­trict, Japan.

講談社　1975年　《現代椿集》 P.333　文化出版局. 1975. 《現代椿名鑑》. p.66. 誠文堂新光社. 1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.23. 関東產. [花]濃紅色地に白星斑、雲状斑が入る、獅子咲き、ユキツバキ系、中輪、4月。[葉]小型の長楕円形、強く波曲してよれる　[樹]立性、[来歴]皆川「椿花集」にあらわれる。　文/仲村