Terutehime

Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.174 with colour photo; English translation p.120. Miniature, pink shading to pale pink, bowl-shaped single held on flower stalk, scattered stamens, profuse. Flowers early to late. Leaves elliptic, medium size. Spreading growth, dense branches. A cross between C.japonica ‘Ōtajiro’ and C.sinensis ‘Sayama-kaori’. Named and released by Kaoru Hagiya. From Niigata Prefecture.

【花】淡桃地に桃のぼかしの一重、 椀咲き、散りしベ、花梗あり、多花性 の極小輪、10〜4月。【葉】楕円、中 形。【樹】横張り性、密生。【来歴】 太田白とチャ狭山香の種間雑種。萩 屋薫の命名•発表。写•文/萩屋。