E-no-kimi

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.370, colour photo, p.371, description: Large size, open, peony form with 2-3 rows of petals with waved and crinkled margins, white with crimson splashes and a centre of small, erect, waved petals, dividing stamens into a number of fascicles. Blooms mid-season to late. Leaves bright green, broad-ovate, apices blunt acute, margins serrate. The original tree is growing at a private family in Kagoshima City. Named by the Kagoshima Camellia Society in 1985.

 淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.370    誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.41. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.188. 鹿児島產. [花]白地に紅色の縦絞り、牡丹咲き、大輪、3～4月。[葉]楕円、大形、やや反曲。[樹]立性。[来歴]鹿児島市吉野町の民家に原木がある、1985年に鹿児島椿協会の命名.発表。写.文/田邊