Mineyama-shibori

Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.251 with colour photo; English translation p.177. Small, changing to white, tubular single, slender and thick petals, cylindrical stamen column. Flowers early to mid-season. Leaves ovate, medium size, somewhat curved outward. Upright, vigorous growth. An old tree of this cultivar is growing at a private family in Mineyama. Named and released by Tetsurō Imayuki in 1997. From Kagawa Prefecture.