Hatsukagami

Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.115, colour photo, p.238, description: Medium to small single, palest pink, 6-7, rounded petals, compact, central cylinder of stamens, yellow anthers, white filaments. Leaves long-elliptic, mid-green. Blooms early to mid-season. See colour photo: Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.76. Selected from wild japonicas in Hirado City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. Discovered and named by Haruo Yoshida in 1975.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.76.　誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.196. 【花】極淡桃色の一重、筒〜ラッパ咲き、 筒しベ、中輪、11〜3月。【葉】長楕円形、 中形。【樹】やや立性、強い。【来歴】平 戸市の野生ヤブツバキ選抜種。1975年に 吉田春夫の発見•命名。写•文/吉岡。