Hayato-no-mai

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.377, colour photo and description: Large size, pale pink with pink and crimson speckles and streaks, paler eyes, open peony form with 4 rows of waved petals and clusters of deep yellow stamens amongst the centre petals. Blooms mid-season to late. Leaves deep green, elliptic, apices acute, margins serrate. The original tree is growing in the Botanical Garden of Tropical Plants, Kagoshima City, Japan. Named and released by Kagoshima Camellia Society in 1980. Note: Hayato is the name of the ancient people of great bravery who once lived in the Kagoshima Prefecture.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.377.　  誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.204. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.203. 鹿児島產. [花]桃色地に紅色の大小の縦絞りと白按輪、ときに白斑、牡丹咲き、大輪、3～4月。[葉]楕円～倒卵、中形。[樹]横張り性。[来歴]熱帯植物園に原木がある、1980年に鹿児島椿協会の命名.発表。写.文/田邊