Kotobuki

Satō, 1973, Chūbu Tsubaki Kyōkai; Tsubaki Meikan: Flowers mid­season. Leaves wide-ovate, sharp apex, keeled midrib, dark green, shallow serrations. Flower shape resembles Tamagasumi. See colour photo: Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.56, description, p.215: Medium size, campanulate single of 5-6 petals, large, overlapping with tips curved inwards; pink densely peppered, dotted and ticked crimson. Blooms early to mid-sea­som. See p.279, Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka. A seedling of Tarō’an x (Mado-n­o-tsuki x Benimyōrenji). Originated in the Chūbu District, Japan. Named and released by Minoru Satō in 1968.

 淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.279     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.194. 愛知產. [花]桃色地に濃紅色の吹掛け絞り、盃状咲き、梅しベ、中輪、12～4月。[葉]広楕円、中形。[樹]立性、横張り性。[来歴]紅妙蓮寺x太郎庵、1968年-に佐藤稔の命名. 発表。写.文/佐藤