Hana-shizuku

Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.200 with colour photo; English translation p.139. Medium size, tubular single, a few red splashes and stripes on pale pink ground, cylindrical stamen column. Flowers mid-season to late. Leaves elliptic, medium size,. Upright growth, branches weeping. The original tree is growing at an old family home in Inazawa City. Named and released by Tatsumi Satō in 1972. From Aichi Prefecture.

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.200.  【花】鴇地に紅の吹掛け絞りや小絞 りがわずかに入る、筒咲き、筒しベ、 中輪、2〜4月。【葉】長楕円、中形。 【樹】立性、枝垂れ性。【来歴】稲 沢市下津町の旧家に原木がある。19 72年に佐藤辰美の命名•発表。写• 文/佐藤。