Subaru

Tuyama, 1968, Camellias of Japan, pl.290, p.147, description, p.178: Leaves narrowly ovate-elliptic, undulate, venation impressed, coarsely serrulate, 5.5-7.6cm long x 3.2-4.1 cm wide, petioles, 7-9 mm long, glabrous. Flowers semi-double, deep red (Cardinal red 822/1), spotted with small white blotches. Petals 10-15, largest, 4.8 cm wide. Sta­men cluster a little irregular, filaments pinkish creamy. Blooms mid-season to late. Originated in a private garden, Hirose, Kanose-machi, Niigata-shi, Japan. Released by Jihei Ishikawa. See Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1980, Senchinshū, pp.81, 224, and Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.330, for colour pho­tos.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.330　     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.81、文/p.224.  誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.142. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.155. 新潟產. [花]濃紅色地に白斑が入る、八重、筒しベ、大輪、3～4月。[葉]長楕円、やや中形、やや平坦、反曲。[樹]横張り性、強い。[来歴]親不明の自然実生、新潟市内で採集、1969年に石川治平の発表。写.文/大岡