Tōgenjiro

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.16, colour photo and description: Medium size, white, spherical shaped single of 5-6 wide, overlapping, con­cave petals and a broad, central, yellow stamen cluster. Blooms mid-season to late. Leaves glossy, bright green, flat, elliptic, apices acuminate, margins serrate. A chance seedling raised by Tōhei Yakahashi, Nishio City, Aichi Prefecture. Released by Minoru Satō in 1974. Different reading: ‘Tōgenhaku’.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.16.     誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.177.  【花】白色の一重、筒〜盃状咲き、筒 しべ、中輪、2〜5月。【葉】広楕円、 中形。【樹】立性、特に強い。【来歴】 西尾市•高橋藤平所有の椿園でで きた自然実生。1974年に佐藤捻の発 表。写•文/佐藤。