Kurenai-sankō

JCS., 1986, Japan Camellia, No.21, p.4, colour photo: A variety selected from the wild at Yahiko Village, Niigata-ken, Japan. A dark red, single, about 3 cm across with very small petal whorls. Flowers mid-season to late. Petals are round and cylin­drical, 3 in number; stamens cylindrical. Leaves mid-green, elliptic, margins serrate. Plant habit upright and spreading. Resembles Sankō. Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.189. Different reading: ‘Benisankō’. Named by Hideyo Katō in 1982, released by Toshio Onozuka.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.189　. 新潟產. [花]濃紅色の一重、筒～ラッパ咲き、筒しべの極小輪、3～4月。[葉]小形の楕円形、濃緑色、葉面は平坦。[樹]立性で伸びは遅い。[来歴]新潟県の野生ヤブツバキより選抜した品種。　文/大岡・写真/神園