Natsumi

ICS., Apr.1990, Japanese Camellia Cultivar List, p.17: Medium size, white ground, finely variegated deep red, single. Originated in Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan. Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.184 with colour photo; English translation p.127. Trumpet shaped single, tubular stamen cluster. Flowers mid-season to late. Leaves narrowly elliptic, medium size. Spreading growth. A chance seedling of ‘Ezo-nishiki’ (Tricolor). Originated and released by Shinichirō Kishikawa in 1986.

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.184.  日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.179. 大阪產. [花]白地に濃紅色の大小絞り、吹掛け絞りが濃密に入る、一重、ラッパ咲き、筒しベ、中輪、3～4月。[葉]長楕円、中形。[樹]立性。[来歴]蝦夷錦の自然実生、1986年に岸川慎一郎の選抜.命名。写.文/岸川