Shinonome (1976)

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.67, colour photo & description: Palest pink, becoming white as the flower opens. Medium size, white, cup-shaped single with 6 broad, irregular, overlapping petals, some slightly reflexed, emarginate and a cenral column of stamens with ivory filaments, joined for their lower half, and golden anthers. Blooms mid-season to late. Leaves dark green, ovate. Originated in the Chūbu area, Japan. Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.121 with colour photo; English translation p.82. A cross between Yobukodori and Shūfūraku. Named and released by Minoru Satō in 1976.

 淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.67.    誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.121.　日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.31. 愛知產. [花]鴇色、一重、筒咲き～ラッパ咲き、筒しベ、中輪、2～4月。[葉]長精円、中形。[樹]立性、強い。[来歴]呼子鳥x秋風楽、1976年に佐藤稔の命名.発表。写.文/佐藤