Hōnenin-yabutsubaki

Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.238 with colour photo; English translation p.167. Small, darkish deep red, trumpet shaped single, cylindrical stamen column. Flowers mid-season to late. Leaves oblong, small, waved. Upright, fast growing. This camellia is used as a hedge in Hōnen’in Temple in Kyoto. Named and released by Shūji Noguchi around 1970. From Kyoto to Tokyo.

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.238.　【花】黒味をおびる濃紅色、一重、ラ ッハ。咲き、筒しベ、小輪、2〜4月。 【葉】長楕円、小形、波曲。【樹】立 性、枝は伸びがよい。【来歴】京都 法然院の生垣のヤブツバキ。1970年 頃に野ロ修司の命名•発表。写•文 /野ロ。