Suzakumon ( Hiroshige Hayakwa)

Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.141 with colour photo; English translation p.96. Medium size, deep red, single, cupped petals, cylindrical stamen column. Flowers early to mid-season. Leaves broadly elliptic, medium size, flat. Upright, vigorous growth. A seedling of unknown parentage. Originated by Haruichi Sakuragi in 1975. Named and released by Hiroshige Hayakwa. From Aichi Prefecture.