Shiro-koshimino

Nihon Shokubutsu Kaisha Ltd. Catalogue, 1912­-1913, p.27; Tuyama, 1966, Camellia Cultivars of Japan, p.220: White anemone form double. Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1980, Senchinshū, p.77, description p.222 as ‘Shiro-koshimino’: Medium size, anemone form double, white with 5 large, overlapping outer petals, opening wide cup-shaped with the centre almost filled with small, erect, folded petaloids. Leaves dark green, broad­-ovate, margins coarsely crennate, apex bluntly acute, venation impressed. Originated in Kan­sai area, Japan. Sport of ‘Nishiki-mino’. See colour photo: Katei Gahō, ed., 1984, Chabana Koyomi, vol.I, Tsubaki, p.46. Resembles: Shirobokuhan, Shirokarako.

 文化出版局. 1975. 《現代椿名鑑》. P.146.　  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.77、文/p.222.  誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.133. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》.  p.33. 関西產. [花]白、一重、唐子咲き、中輪、11～3月。[葉]楕円、葉縁やや外曲。[樹]立性、強い。[来歴]1841年の「古今要覧稿」に記載、現在のものと同じかは不明、白卜伴に似る。写/桐野、文/樽本