Hatsukoi

Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.I, 1972, pl.209, p.104, description. p.321: Medium sized (9 cm across), open, peony form, soft fuchsine pink, with 2 rows of large, rounded, outer petals, surrounding an erect centre of small, twisted petals and stamens, anthers golden. Leaves mid-green, small, elliptic, acute apex, shallowly serrate, peti­ole hirsute. Originated in Yatsuo-chō, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. Named and released by Hideo Hori in 1965. See Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p. 116, colour photo.

講談社　1975年　《現代椿集》 P.321.　文化出版局. 1975. 《現代椿名鑑》. P.186.     誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.198. 【花】淡桃色、牡丹咲き〜二段咲き、中輪、 4月。【葉】長楕円、中形、波曲。【樹】立 性、強い。【来歴】婦負郡八尾町新田の民 家の栽培種から選抜。1965年に堀秀夫の 命名•発表。写/桐野、文/堀。