Hana-no-ame

Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.II, 1978, pl.348: A single with 5-6 petals, soft pink with an occasional red stripe, petals a little notched, cup shaped. Occasional some flowers are margined with white. Stamens in a short, central cylinder, anthers pale yellow, filaments light cream. Leaves dark green, obovate, acuminate, finely serrate, twisted. See Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, pp.118, 239, and Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.278. Originated in Kashiwazaki City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Named and released by Tokuji Ōoka.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.278.　  誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.201.  【花】白〜淡桃地に白覆輪、濃紅の 小〜縦絞り、一重、椀咲き、筒しベ、 小輪、3〜4月。【葉】楕R、中形、 波曲。【樹】叢生、やや強い。【来歴】 民家の栽培種。1979年に大岡徳治の 命名•発表。写/植村、文/大岡。