Suzu-no-ne

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.63, colour photo & description: Small size, white, to pale pinkish colour, campanulate single, with 5 emarginate, reflexed, overlapping petals and a central column of stamens with white fila­ments, joined for their lower third, and yellow anthers. Blooms very early to mid-season. Leaves dark green, broad-ovate, apices blunt acute, margins serrulate. Originated in the Chūbu area, Japan. A chance seedling, originated by Harutarō Sakuragi, named and released by Eimei Nagata in 1968.

 淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.63　    誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.141. 【花】白地に紅の大小縦絞りの一重、 筒咲き、筒しベ、中輪、12〜3月。 【葉】楕円、中形、平坦。【樹】立性、 強い。【来歴】親不明の_然実生。桜 木春太郎の作出。1968年に永田銳明 の命名•発表。写/石田、文/内藤。