Tenshi

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Id：ICR-19265

Country：Japan

Year Published/Registered：1976

Cultivar Type：For Ornamental

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Scientific Name：Camellia japonica 'Tenshi'

Species/Combination：C. japonica

Chinese Name：

Japanese Name：天賜てんし

Meaning：Heavenly boon

Description

» English Description

Seibundō Shinkōsha, Apr.1976, Garden Life, p.36; Shufu-noTomo-Sha, 1976, Tsubaki to Sazanka, colour photo inside cover: Medium sized, light pink, single; petals 5-6, colour fading to centre, length irregular, waved or fluted; stamens in a flared, central group, anthers golden, filaments creamy. Leaves medium to light green, lanceolate, apex tapering acuminate, margins twisted and serrated. Raised by a private family in Kawasaki City, collected, named and released by Eiichi Kaneko of Tokorazawa City around 1960. See colour pl.292, p.126, Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.II, 1978 and p.128, Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka. Resembles Asomusume.

» Japanese Description

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.128. 誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.175. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.58. 神奈川產. [花]桃色地に底白ぼかし、一重、太く短い筒しベ、椀咲き、中輪、3～4月。[葉] 楕円、中形。[樹]立性、強い。[来歴]川崎市内の民家の栽培種を、所沢市の金子栄一が入手、1960年頃に命名•発表。写/桐野、文/編集委員会