Kaori-nigō

ICS., Apr. 1990, Japanese Camellia Cultivar List, p.28: Very small size, rose-red, double. A seedling of C.japonica ‘Kujaku-tsubaki’ (Hakuhan-kujaku) x C.lutchuensis. Origi­nated in Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan. Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.333, as ‘Kaori-2gō’, with black and white photo; English translation p.228 incorrectly as ‘Karori-nigō’. Miniature, pale pink, semi-double, fragrant. Flowers mid-season. Leaves elliptic, miniature, dull. Dwarf, spreading growth, branches somewhat weeping. Named and released by Kazuo Yoshikawa in 1980s.

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.333.　【花】淡桃色の八重、有香、極小輪、3月。【葉】楕円、極小形、 光沢は乏しい。【樹】矮性、横張り性、やや枝垂れる。【来 歴】孔雀椿とヒメサザン力との種間雑種。1980年代に吉川 和男の命名•発表。写•文/吉川。