Sui-no-hana

Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.139 with colour photo; English translation p.95. Small, pale pink changing to white, tubular single, cylindrical stamen column. Flowers early to late. Leaves narrowly elliptic, medium size, waved. Upright, vigorous growth. An old tree growing at a temple in Sui-no-hana, Aioi Town, Naka District. Named and released by Yasuo Katayama in 1986. From Tokushima Prefecture.

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.139. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.29. 徳島產. [花]移り白、一重、筒咲き、筒しベ、小輪、12～4月。[葉]長精円、中形、波曲。[樹]立性、強い。[来歴]那賀郡那賀町(旧相生町)水の花の寺院に古木がある、1986年に片山康雄の命名.発表。写.文/安田