Kōzu-no-akebono

Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.90 with colour photo; English translation p.60 Medium size, pink semi-double, thick glossy petals, tubular to split stamens. Flowers mid-season to late. Leaves elliptic, small, thin, recurved. A chance seedling raised by a private family in Shido Town, discovered by Tetsurō Imayuki in 1997, named by Naoyuki Uemura. From Kagawa Prefecture.

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.90. 【花】桃色の八重、筒〜割りしベ、中 輪、肉厚、光沢弁、2〜4月。【葉】 楕円、小形、薄質、外曲。【樹】立性。 【来歴】志度町興津の民家にあり、 1997年に今雪哲郎の発見、植村猶行 の命名。写/岸本、文/今雪史。