Konoejiro

Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.II, 1978, pl.324; Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.57, colour photo, p.215: Medium size, single, white with 6-7 overlapping, emarginated petals, wide opening. Stamens a compact column, yellow anthers, creamy filaments. Blooms mid-season to late. Leaves lanceolate, semi-glossy mid­green; apices acuminate, recurved; margins shallowly serrate. See: Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.43. Originated in Kansai, Japan. Original tree was found in the late Konoe’s garden in the Outer Garden of Kyoto Imperial Palace. Collected and named by Motoharu Miyazawa in 1970s.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.43      誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.103. 　日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》.  p.23. 【花】白色の一重、筒〜盃状咲き、筒しベ、 中輪、3〜4月。【葉】長楕円、小〜中形。 【樹】横張り性。【来歴】1970年代に東京 の宮沢基治が育都御所外苑‘旧近衛邸庭園で採取、命名したもの。写/斧江、文/搏本