Iemoto

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.118, colour photo and description: Large size. pale pink, flat, higo-like single with 7 broad, rounded, overlapping petals, wide-spreading, fragrant, with an irregular, yellow stamen cluster. Blooms mid-season to late. Leaves dark green, broad-ovate, apices acute, mar­gins serrate. A seedling of Nioi-fubuki. Different reading: ‘Iyemoto’. The name alludes to Adachi, Chōka. Originated in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, named and released by Tsugio Ōta around 1970.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ118.     誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.336.　【花】淡桃色の一重、平開咲き、梅芯、大輪、有香、2〜4月。【葉】長楕円、中形。【樹】立性、強ぃ。【来歴】匂吹雪の 自然実生。1970年ごろに太田次雄の命名•発表（肥後椿協 |会•非認定品種。文/桐野。