Meihi

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989. Nihon no Chinka, p.307, colour photo and description: Large size, pale pink, flushing to white towards the centre, semi-double with 2-3 rows of ovate petals, outer row with slight point at apex and a slender stamen column with ivory filaments and yellow anthers. Blooms mid-season to late. Leaves dark green, ovate, apices acute. Originated in Kyōto Prefecture, Japan. A seedling of Hagoromo x Furō’an. Originated by Misoji Yamaguchi, named and released by Kiyoshi Tarumoto in 1984.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.307.　誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.261.     日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.107. 京都產. [花]淡桃色地に底白、外弁に濃桃色のぼかしが入る、八重～蓮華咲き、筒しベ、中～大輪、2～4月。[葉]楕円、中形。[樹]やや横張り性、強い。[来歴]羽衣x不老庵、山ロ三十治の作出、1984年樽本清の命名.発表。写.文/山ロ三