Toki-no-megumi

ICS., Apr. 1990, Japanese Camellia Cultivar List, p.23: Medium to large size, very pale pink, bowl-shaped single. Blooms early to mid-season. Origi­nated in Okayama Prefecture. Japan. Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.180 with colour photo; English translation p.124. Red graduations on palest pink ground, bowl-shaped single, round petals, tubular stamens. Leaves elliptic, medium size. Named by Nobuo Sasai in 1989, released in 1997.

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.180.  【花】極淡桃地に紅のぼかし入、一重、丸 弁、椀咲き、筒しベ、中輪、1〜3月。【葉】 楕円、中形。【樹】立性、強い。【来歴】岡 山県内の民家の栽培種より選抜。1989年 に笹井延夫の命名、1997年の発表。写•文 /笹井。