Shikason

Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1976, Garden Life, Apr., p.48; Encyclopedia of Camellia in Colour, vol.II, 1978, pl.334, p.139, description, p.247: Small size, white, campanu­late single with 5-6 large, frilled, overlapping petals; stamens in a cylindrical cluster, anthers yellow. Leaves mid-green, broad-lanceolate, apex short-acuminate, margins shallowly serru­late, raised venation. Blooms early season. Originated in Matsu’e, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. See: Katei Gahō, ed., 1984, Chabana Koyomi, vol.I, Tsubaki, p.144; Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1980, Senchinshū, pp.67, 219. Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.19. It is said that this culti­var had been a favourite camellia of Matsudaira, Fumaiko, and often used for the first tea cere­mony of the year.

ガーデンラィフ編集部. 1980. 《原色日本の椿写真集千椿集》. 誠文堂新光社. 写/p.67、文/p.219. 誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.117.  日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.14. 島根產. [花]白、一重、抱え～筒咲き、筒しベ、小輪、12～4月。[葉]楕円、中形。[樹]立性、強い。[来歴]松江市菅田町に幹周り130cmの原木がある、1975年山陰力メリアンクラブの命名.発表。写/桐野、文/井原