Ogura-no-hana

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.340, colour photo and description: Medium size, white with red stripes and ticks and light pink at the base, semi-double with 2-3 rows of rounded, slightly emarginate petals and a centre of yel­low stamens with a few small, erect petals. Leaves mid-green, ovate-elliptic, apices acute, mar­gins serrulate. Blooms mid-season to late. Plant habit diminutive and bushy. Originated in the Toyama Prefecture, Japan. Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.49 with colour photo; English translation p.32. A chance seedling of Ogura-no-sato. Named and released by Mitsuroku Makino in 1980s. Orthographic error: ‘Ogura-no-hara’.

 淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ340.    誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.49. 【花】白地に縦〜小絞り、八重咲き、 丸弁、中輪、3〜4月。【葉】楕円、 中形、中折れ。【樹】株立ち、矮性、 弱い。【来歴】小倉の里の自然実生。 1980年代に牧野光六の命名•発表。 写•文/牧野。