Miss Keiko

Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.145, colour photo, p.249, descrip­tion: Medium sized, single to semi-double, 6-9 petals, notched or irregular at the apex, faintest, white blush; compact, central stamen column, yellow anthers, pale, creamy white filaments. Leaves elliptic, mid-green, finely serrate. A seedling of Akebono originated in Kansai area, Japan. Different reading: ‘Misu Keiko’. Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.249 with colour photo; English translation p.175. Stated to be a natural seedling bought at a nursery in Osaka, named by Kiyoshi Tarumoto, released by Mineko Itami.

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.249. 【花】白に近ぃ極淡桃色の八重、筒し ベ、大輪、4月。【葉】長楕円、やや大 形、平坦。【樹】立性、強い。【来歴】 1970年頃に大阪植木生産者の畑で、 自然実生の木を購入。命名者•樽本 清、発表者•伊丹三音子。写•文/山口三