Shikonfu

from Hachiōji, Tokyo. Japan Camellia No.82 published in February 2007: Purplish red with prominent white variegation, single, tubular to campanulate, medium size, blooming February to April. Tree upright, branches slender, slow growing. Leaves long elliptic, reddish deep green in winter. Nameless when bought at Kairyōen Nursery in around 1988. Named by Hiroshi Okado in 2005.

日本ツバキ協会.2007「Japan Camellia No82」八王子産（東京）、「花」紅花.白斑入り、中輪　２～4月　「葉」長楕円形、冬は深緑色　「樹勢」立性で枝は細く、成長は遅い　「履歴」1988年無名の椿を改良園から購入、2005年　小門 廣 が命名