Kaga-no-yūbae

Kyōto Engei Kurabu, 1966, Tsubaki Tokushū No.7, p.103. Introduced by Suzuka. Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.I, 1972, pl.400, p.168, description, p.351; Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.32, colour photo, p.206, descrip­tion: Small, deep pink, formal double, 6-7 cm across, finely veined a deeper colour, 6-7 rows of oval petals becoming more cleft towards the outside rows. Large, shiny, dark green leaves, elliptic, apex tapering acuminate, margins coarsely, sharply serrate. Late blooming. See p.394, Yokayama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka. Originated in Unoki-chō, Kahoku-gun, Ishizawa Prefecture, Japan. Original tree was in the garden of Nakamura, Ryōichi. Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.55 with colour photo; English translation p.36.

 講談社　1975年　《現代椿集》 P.351.　  淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.394.    文化出版局. 1975. 《現代椿名鑑》. P.87.　  誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.55. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.132. 石川產. [花]桃紅色、千重、桜弁、外弁は反転、小～中輪、4～5月。[葉]楕円、中形、中折れ、緩く反り波曲。[樹]やや立性、強い。[来歴]1963年頃、中村良弌が河北郡内で発見、命名. 発表。写/塩田、文/中村