Momohime

Yokoyama & Kirino. 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.141, colour photo and description: Average size, deep pink, open, cup-shaped single of 5 broad, rounded, over-lapping petals and a central stamen column with ivory filaments, joined for the lower half, and yellow anthers, Blooms mid-season to late. Leaves mid-green, broad-lanceolate, apices blunt-acute, margins rolled under, serrate. Originated in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. A seedling of Shunshokō. Originated and released by Yoshizawa Camellia Nursery around 1970.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.141.　  誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.264.    日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.72. 埼玉產. [花]濃桃色地に底白気味、一重、椀～平開咲き、肉厚、中輪、3～4月。[葉]楕円、中形、外曲。[樹]立性。[来歴]春曙紅の自然実生、1970年に吉沢椿樹園の発表。写/桐野、文/編集委員会