Gokayama-shibori

Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.216: Faint peach pink ground with sparse red lines. Opens to a semi-double with short “yuki” style stamens. Medium sized. Mid-season flowering. Leaves, large-ovate, gently undulate; petiole hirsute. Plant habit spreading and vigorous. See colour photo, p.376, Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka. In the Murakami Family’s garden, Ecchū, Gokayama village there is the original ancient tree, designated an important cultural asset. Toyama Prefecture, Japan. Named and released by Mitsuroku Makino.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.376     誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.94. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.197. 富山產. [花]淡桃色地に紅色、淡紅色の縦絞り、八重、牡丹咲き、中輪、3～5月。[葉]長楕円、中形、波曲。[樹]叢生、強い。[来歴]富山県南砺市五箇山地方の民家の栽培種、1980年代に牧野光六の命名.発表。写/木倉、文/牧野