Tama

Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.159 with colour photo; English translation p.109. Medium size, semi-double, cupped petals. Pale red splashes and small stripes on white ground, also completely white and red flowers appear on mature plants. Flowers early to late. Leaves elliptic, medium size. Somewhat upright growth. A cultivar raised by a private family in Koma’e City. Named and released by Shūhō Kirino in 1990. From Tokyo.

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.159.  日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.185. 東京產. [花]白地に淡紅色の吹き掛け～小絞りが入る、八重、抱え咲き、成木になると白や紅花も出る中輪、12～4月。[葉]楕円、中形。[樹]やや立性。[来歴]狛江市の民家の栽培種、1990年に桐野秋豊が命名.発表。写/桐野、文/編集委員会