Mishō-an

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989. Nihon no Chinka, pp.94, 95, colour photo and description as ‘Mishōan’: Medium to large size, pale peach pink, cup-shaped single with 5 broad, overlapping, emarginate petals and a broad, central stamen cylinder, pale yellow. Blooms very early to mid-season. Leaves shining, deep green, broad-ovate, apices blunt acute, margins obscurely serrate. Originated in the Chūbu area, Japan. A seedling of Sekido-tarō’an, which it resembles. Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.249 with colour photo; English translation p.175. Named and released by Minoru Satō in 1968. From Aichi Prefecture.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.94　  誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.249. 【花】淡桃色の一重、筒〜抱え咲き、筒し ベ、中〜大輪、10〜4月。【葉】広楕円、中 形。【樹】立性、強い。【来歴】関戸太郎 庵の自然実生。1968年に佐藤稔の命名• 発表。写•文/佐藤。