Kidōmaru

Sasanquas, The Winter Flowers, 2010, p.9 with colour photo; English translation p.7; White base, petal edges tinged with red, flower buds deep red. Lower sides of petals remain deeper red even after flower opens. Large single, very early flowering. Appears in Chabaika Taishū (1898). Old trees remain in Tokyo and Saitama. A representative Edo sasanqua.

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.295. 【花】白地に濃紅ぼかし、蕾は濃紅で開花後も弁の裏は濃色、一重、大輪、10~12 月。【葉】長楕円、中形。【樹】立性、強ぃ。【来歴】1898年の芦沢「茶梅花大集」 に記載。皆川椿花園その他に古木がある。写•文/箱田。