Oumihime

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.185, colour photo and description: Small size, deep red, vase-shaped single, with 6 broad, rounded, over­lapping petals and a central stamen cylinder, with pinkish filaments, joined for the lower third, and yellow anthers. Leaves yellowish green, broad-ovate, apices blunt acute, margins shal­lowly serrate. Blooms mid-season. Originated in Tsushima Island, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.335. English translation p.227. Named and released by Tokuji Ōoka in 1979.

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.335.　【花】鮮紅色の一重、筒〜ラッパ咲き、肉厚、筒しベ、小輪、 3〜4月。【葉】楕円'小形、平坦。【樹】立性、強い。【来 歴】対馬•青海の野生ヤブツ八キより選抜。1979年に大岡 徳治の命名•発表。文/大岡