Naka-no-shima

ICS., Apr. 1990, Japanese Camellia Cultivar List, p.17. No description. Originated in the Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan. Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.183 with colour photo; English translation p.127. Pink, long tubular single, cylindrical stamen column. Flowers mid-season to late. Leaves elliptic, medium size, waved. Spreading growth, branch tips weeping. Named and released by Katayama Juraku’en Nursery in 1979.

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.183.  【花】桃色の一重、長筒咲き、筒しベ、 中輪、3〜4月。【葉】中楕円、中形、 波曲。【樹】横張り性、枝先き下蠢。 【来歴】1979年に片山樹楽園の命 名•発表。写/村内、文/樽本。