Sasameyuki

JCS., ed. Mainichi Shinbun, 1971; Tsubaki, p.118; Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.I, 1972, pl.61, p.58, description p.300. Small greenish tinged white, tubular single of 5 petals, having edges curved inwards; a centre column of pale yellow stamens in the shape of a tea whisk, white filaments. Leaves green, elliptic, apex acute, base cuneate, keeled mid-rib, margins medium serrate. Plant habit is bushy but not vigorous. Originated in Chūbu District, Japan. See colour photos and descriptions; Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1980, Senchinshū, pp.62, 219, and Yokoyama and Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.15. Note: there are two cultivars of this name, both white, usually treated together. It is an important old variety in the Aichi Prefecture. It is the so-called ‘Shiro-wabisuke’ prized by the masters of the tea cere­mony. When used for Chabana (Tea ceremony flower) it was called ‘Wabisuke Tsubaki’. Because there was a prior variety with the name ‘Shiro-wabisuke’ (known as ‘Kochoshiro­wabisuke’ in Chūbu Tsubaki Kyōkai), its name has been changed to Sasameyuki. Synonym: ‘Sasameyuki A’.

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