Kokonoe

Chinka Zufu, (before 1700), Watanabe, 1969, pl.424, 529: Medium size, rose form double, white with crimson flakes and stripes, inner curved petals. See colour photos: Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.I, 1972, pl.330; Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.336; Katei Gahō, ed. 1984, Chabana Komomi, vol.1, Tsubaki, p.62. Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.54, Description, p.214: This variety is most variable in colour and plate on p.86, Satō, 1975, Chūbu no Tsubaki shows a full crimson, while pl.55, Andoh, 1971, Tsubaki, Meika no Shōkai to Saibai shows a crimson blotched white form. Late blooming. Origi­nated in Kansai, Japan. The original tree is in the precincts of the Hōkyō temple, Kamigyōku, Kyōto. Resembles Goshikichiri-tsubaki. Appeared in the 1967 catalogue of Kanaoka Camellia Nursery.

  講談社　1975年　《現代椿集》 P.340.　保育社 .1974年. 《つばき》安藤芳顕著 ｐ.214.　文化出版局. 1975. 《現代椿名鑑》. P.116.   淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.336  誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.96. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.189. 兵庫產. [花]白地に濃淡のある紅色の縦絞り、枝変りに紅色や白覆輪も出る、宝珠～八重、中～大輪、4～5月。[葉]楕円、中形。[樹]立性。[来歴]1967年の金岡椿樹園の目録に記載がある、旧名は宝玉。写/高野、文/樽本