Ogawa-wabisuke

Kyōto Engei Kurabu, 1982, Tsubaki Tokushū, No.11, pp.87, 89, 91; Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.147, colour photo and description: Small size, deep pink, opening through campanulate to saucer-shape single with 5 wide, emarginate, rounded, overlapping petals and a small central cylinder of yellow stamens. Leaves deep green, broad elliptic, acuminate apices and serrulate margins. Blooms early to mid-season. Originated by Ogawa in Izu Island, Tokyo, Japan. A natural seedling of Funatsu. Originated and released by Takeo Ogawa in 1980.

 淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ147.    日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.258. 誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.48. 伊豆大島產. [花]桃紅色、一重、猪口咲き、極小輪、12～3月。[葉]長楕円、中形。[樹]立性、強い。[来歴]ワビスケツバキ。船津の実生で太郎冠者の孫にあたる、1980年に尾川武雄の命名.発表。写/桐野、文/尾川