Hakushū (Shimane)

Izu-Ohshima Hawaii Botanic Gardens, 1980, List of Plants. No description. Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, pp.111, 236 as ‘Hakusyū’: Campanulate white single, 5-6 small, rounded petals, slightly emarginate. Leaves malt green, ovate; apex long acuminate; serrate. Compact stamen cluster with yellow anthers. Blooms mid-season to late. See Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.29. Originated in Shimane Prefecture, Japan. A natural seedling of Meigetsu, named and released by San-in Camellian Club in 1973. Different reading: ‘Hakusyū’.