Chikushi-no-haru

Watanabe, Kyōto Engei, Kurabu, Tsubaki, Tokushū, No.10, 1970, p.115. No description. Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.I, p.103, pl.207 & p.321: Medium size, 11 cm across, pale pink, semi-double to peony form, with 8-9 petals, each having a fine peppering of pink dots, large and round. Flower somewhat bell­shaped with a central column of stamens, filaments pale yellow. Flowers early to mid-season. Leaves, medium, glossy, dark green, slightly keeled, sharply serrate, prominently veined. See colour photos and descriptions, p.94 & p.229, Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū and p.374, Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka. Named by Murata, Teruo, Kurume Horticultural Research Dept., of a seedling raised by a citizen of the Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Resembles Yuba-shibori.

講談社　1975年　《現代椿集》 P.321.　文化出版局. 1975. 《現代椿名鑑》. P.164     淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.374.   誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.163. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.195. 福岡產. [花]淡桃色地に紅色の吹掛け絞り、八重、牡丹咲き、筒～割りしべ、大輪、11～3月。[葉]卵状、楕円、中形。[樹]横張り性、強い。[来歴]園芸品種の自然実生、1950年に田村輝夫の命名.発表。写/斧江、文/久冨