Seishō

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.291, colour photo and description: Medium size, white, semi-double, opening wide cup-shape, with broad, overlapping petals in 2-3 rows and a central cluster of yellow stamens. Late blooming. Leaves mid-green, elliptic, apices tapering acute, margins serrulate. Selected from cultivars at enshōji Temple, Toyama City. Named by Toyama Snow Camellia Enthusiasts Club in 1980s.

   淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.291　   誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.143. 【花】白色の八重、椀〜平開咲き、ユキツバキ状芯、中輪、3〜4月。【葉】楕円、中形。【樹】横張り性、強ぃ。【来歴】富山市郊外の円照寺の栽培種から選抜。1980年代に富山雪椿同好会の命名•発表。写/桐野、文/竹内。