Daisen

Yokoyama, 1975, Gendai Tsubaki Meikan, p.154, black and white photo; Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.93, colour photo, p.229, description: Dark red. Medium size single, 8 petals, spreading stamen cluster with golden anthers. Blooms early to late. Leaves, large, ovate to elliptic, abruptly acuminate, sharply serrate. Petioles tomentose. Tree vigorous lateral growth. Originated in Mitsuke City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Named and released by Yaichi Kawamura in 1966.

文化出版局. 1975. 《現代椿名鑑》. P154.   誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.153. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.116. 新潟產. [花]朱紅色、重ねの少ない八重、平開咲き、ユキツバキ状しべ、中輪、11～3月。[葉]広楕円、小～中形、平坦。[樹]やや横張り性、強い。[来歴]ユキツバキ系。産地不詳、1966年に川村弥一の採集.命名.発表。写/桐野、文/萩屋