Toyokawajiro

Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.182 with colour photo; English translation p.126. Medium size, white, tubular to trumpet shaped single, thick petals, cylindrical stamen column. Flowers early to mid-season. Leaves elliptic, large, flat, thick. Upright, vigorous growth. A natural seedling of unknown parentage. Originated by Sachiko Ōtomo in 1963, named by Kōji Tomino. From Aichi Prefecture.

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.182.  【花】白色、花弁は肉厚、一重、筒〜 ラッパ咲き、筒しベ、中輪、11〜3 月。【葉】楕円、大形、平坦、肉厚。 【樹】立性、強い。【来歴】親不明の 自然実生。1963年に大伴幸子の作 出、富野耕治の命名。写•文/大伴。