Miya-suzume

JCS, 1997, Japan Camellia, No.54, p.4, color illustration front page: Trumpet shaped, very pale pink, small single of 5 petals, often with edges folded in and a short, broad stamen column with yellow anthers. Pink buds. Leaves elliptic, deep green. Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.254 with colour photo; English translation p.179. Flowers early to mid-season. Upright growth. A cross between Momosuzume and Shibori-hatsu’arashi. Originated by Nobuo Sasai in 1984, released in 1997.

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.254. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.52. 岡山產. [花]極淡桃色、一重、猪口～キキョウ咲き、筒しベ、極小輪、1～3月。[葉]楕円、やや小形、平坦。[樹]やや立性。[来歴]桃雀x絞初嵐、1984年に笹井延夫の作出、1997年に発表。写.文/世井