Hideko

Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.214 with colour photo; English translation p.149. Pink changing to white, small tubular single, cylindrical stamens, yellow anthers changing to grey in a short period. Flowers mid-season to late. Leaves narrowly elliptic, medium size, plicate. Upright growth. Selected from cultivars grown by a private family in Mure Town. Discovered and released by Osamu Mure in 1997. From Kagawa Prefecture.

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.214.  【花】移り白の一重、筒咲き、筒しベ、 開花時に淡黄色の葯が短時間で灰 色に変わる、小輪、3〜4月。【葉】

長楕円、中形、中折れ。【樹】立性。 【来歴】牟礼町の民家の栽培種より 選抜。1997年に牟礼治の発見•発 表。写•文/今雪哲。