Hiraizumi

Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.I, 1972, pl.182, p.96, colour photo, p.317, description: Full double, rosy red with 6-7 petal rows, 10-12 cm across, peony form with a central stamen group, petals waved, incurved, cleft at the apex. Late bloom­ing. Leaves elliptic, slightly yellowish-green; venation yellow; apex acuminate, edges shal­lowly but finely serrate. Petiole hairy. See: Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.129 and Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.367 for colour photos. Originated in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Collected, named and released by Susumu Ishizawa in 1970.

講談社　1975年　《現代椿集》 P.317　淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.367.　. 誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.219.　【花】紅色、ときに白斑が少し入る牡丹〜 八重咲き、内弁は雄芯と混在、大輪、4〜 5月。【葉】楕円、中形。【樹】叢生、ユキ 系。【来歴】刈羽郡の民家の栽培種。1970 年に石沢進の採集•命名•発表。写/大 岡、文/萩屋。