Gettan

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.105, colour photo and description: Medium size, bright pink, paler pink at the base, campanulate single with a central stamen cylinder, pinkish filaments, yellow anthers. Blooms mid-season. Leaves pale to mid­green, elliptic, apices acuminate, margins serrulate. Selected from a wild japonica community in Matsu’e City, Shimane Pre­fecture, Japan. “Gettan” was the penname of Matsudaira, Aritsune, son of Matsudaira, Fumaikō, owner of the Matsu’e Castle. Named and released by San-in Camellian Club in 1980.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.105     誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.86. 【花】淡桃地に底白の一重、筒〜ラ ッハ。咲き、筒しベ、小〜中輪、1〜3 月。【葉】楕円、中形。【樹】立性、 強い。【来歴】松江市郊外のヤブツ バキ群落中から選抜。1980年に山陰 カメリアンクラブの命名•発表。 写•文/井原。