Kiyoka

Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.44, colour photo, p.210, description: Small, white, campanulate single of 6 petals. Leaves obovate, apex acute, dark, glossy green, shallowly serrate. Late flowering. Fragrant. See: Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.41. Originated in Kurume, Fuku’oka Prefecture, Japan. Named by Masaaki Kunishige in 1970. Different reading: ‘Seikō’.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ41.   誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.76.  日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.20. 福岡產. [花]白、一重、筒～ラッパ咲き、筒しベ、微香、小～中輪、3～4月。[葉]長楕円、小形。[樹]立性。[来歴]1970年に集めた園芸品種の実生から選抜、国重正昭の命名。写/桐野、文/久冨