Takara-no-hana

Satō, 1975, Chūbu no Tsubaki, p.51, colour photo & description: Soft, pale pink, white base, campanulate single, turning greenish-yellow at the base of the petals, 5-6, opening through spherical shape; medium size, overlapping, crinkled edges; stamens in central column, large, yellow anthers, filaments greenish-yellow, joined for lower third. Leaves round, shining mid-green, apex blunt, margins coarsely serrate, venation prominent. Originated in Chūbu, Japan. Named by Kozaki, Toshiaki, Inazawa City, Aichi Pre­fecture, Japan. Resembles ‘Kantō-hatsugeshō’. See colour photo & description: Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1980, Senchinshū, pp.87, 227 and Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, pp.92, 93. A chance seedling, named and released by Toshiaki Kosaki in 1975.

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.87、文/p.227.  誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.157. 【花】淡桃色、一重、筒咲き、中輪、2〜4月。【葉】広楕円、中形、平坦。【樹】立性、枝は密生するが生長がやや遅い。【来歴】親不明の自然実生。1975年に小崎敏章の命名•発表。写/横山、文/佐藤。