Kojō-no-haru

Satō 1975, Chūbu no Tsubaki, p.7 as ‘Kojyōnoharu’: Medium size, soft pink, single with 6-7 large, rounded, overlapping petals, opening wide cup-­shaped, some crêping on petal margins. Large stamen cluster, golden anthers, light, creamy fil­aments. Leaves lanceolate, dark green, apices acuminate, margins serrulate. A natural seedling of Tarō’an, named and released by Minoru Satō in 1961. See colour photos: Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.II, 1978, pl.290; Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.56.

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.99. 【花】桃色の一重、筒咲き、筒しベ、中輪、12〜4月。【葉】広楕円、中形。【樹】横張り性。【来歴】太郎庵の_然実生。1961年に佐藤捻の命名•発表。写/桐野、文/佐藤