Kusudama

Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.I, 1972, p.366; Satō, 1975, Chūbu no Tsubaki, p.8, colour photo: Medium size, 10 cm across, variant peony form, irregular to normal form with inner curved petals, with a pale, pink ground, peppered and flecked crimson. Leaves oblong to wide-ovate with an abrupt, acute apex, impressed venation, dark green, shallowly serrate margins. Early flower­ing. A cross from (Tarō’an x Iwane-shibori) x ‘Seihi’, originated by Satō, Minoru, Nagajima-­gun, Aichi Prefecture, Japan and approved by the Chūbu Camellia Society Registration Board in Apr.1970. Synonym: ‘Chūbu-kusudama’, ‘Yuba-shibori’. See: Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.255. Note: Yokoyama, 1975, Gendai Tsubaki Meikan lists this as ‘Yuba-shibori’ and classes it as a C.rusticana. Chinese synonym ‘Gongchangjiao’ as ‘Yuba-shibori’.

講談社　1975年　《現代椿集》 P.366.　　中部產. [花]薄桃地に濃紅色の大小吹っ掛け絞り入りで八重咲き。一株で神楽、牡丹、抱え咲きと3様に咲き、変化が多い。秋咲きで、花期は10月～3月。[葉]大型、広楕円形、濃緑色、鋸歯は浅い。 [樹]立性で樹勢はすこぶる強い。[来歴]母樹：太郎庵ｘ岩根絞Ｘ清緋。愛知県中島郡祖父江町西川　佐藤稔が作出・命名した。　1970年4月、中部椿協会新花登録委員会承認。　文/佐藤