Gesshōji-beni

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.213, colour photo and description: Large size, brilliant scarlet, wide campanulate single, with 6 broad, overlapping, emarginate, crinkled petals and a central stamen column, with reddish filaments, joined for the lower half, and golden anthers. Blooms late. Leaves dark green, broad-­ovate to lanceolate, apices acuminate, margins shallowly serrate. Original tree is in the precincts of Gesshō Temple, Matsu’e City, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. Named and released by San-in Camellian Club in 1975.

 淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.213    誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.85. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.86. 島根產. [花]鮮紅色、一重、筒～平開咲き、筒しベ、大輪、2～4月。[葉] 楕円、中形、中折れ、波曲。[樹]立性。[来歴]松江市内の月照寺の栽培種から選抜、1975年に山陰力メリアンクラブの命名.発表。写.文/井原