Mingetsu

ICS., Apr.1990, Japanese Camellia Cultivar List, p.29: Small size, pink, single with incurved petals. Seedling of C.hiemalis ‘Showa-no-sakae Variegated’. Blooms early. Originated in the Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.256 with colour photo; English translation p.180. Palest pink, large, fragrant. Stated to be a cross between ‘Shibori-shōwa-no-homare’ and ‘Dr Ackerman’. Named and released by Kaoru Hagiya in 1980.

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.256.　【花】淡桃色の一重、抱え咲き、筒しべ、有香、大輪、12〜1月。【葉】楕円、小形。【樹】立性。