Kinkizan

Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.332 with black and white photo; English translation p.229. Small to medium, dark red, bellflower-shaped single, cylindrical stamen column. Flowers mid-season to late. Leaves elliptic, small to medium, thick. Upright, vigorous growth. A natural seedling of a wild japonica with dark red flowers growing at Manganji Temple in Matsu’e City. Named and released by Hiroshi Ihara in 1991. From Shimane Prefecture.

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.332.  【花】暗紅色の一重、キキョウ咲き、筒しベ、小〜中輪、3〜 5月。【葉】楕円、小〜中形、肉厚。【樹】立性、強い。【来 歴】松江市内•満願寺の赤黒いヤブツバキの_然実生。19 91年に井原皓の命名•発表。写•文/井原。