Hizen-sumizome

Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1980, Senchinshū, p.242: Purple dark red, campanulate single, filaments purple red, cylindrical stamen cluster, anthers yellow and full. Medium sized. Blooms mid-season. Leaves medium sized, long-oval, recurved, dark green, with a black tinge. Plant habit somewhat pendant but vigorous. A natu­ral Yabu-tsubaki from Tabira Town, Nagasaki, Japan. Discovered by Yoshimatsu Kusano in 1976, named by Zaiki Kajikawa. Resembles Eiraku.

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.214. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.91. 長崎產. [花]暗紅色、一重、ラッパ咲き、筒しベ、中輪、2～3月。[葉]長楕円、中形、外曲。[樹]立性、強い。[来歴]平戸市田平町の野生ヤブツバキより選抜、1976年に草野喜松の発見、梶川財基の命名、永楽に酷似する。写.文/吉岡