Yūgen-no-hikari

Seibundō Shinkōsha, Apr.1976, Garden Life, p.47; ibid, 1980, Senchinshū, p.154, colour photo, p.253, description: Pinkish white to white. Medium size, single, opening wide bell-shaped, 6-7 broad, overlapping, undulate petals. Sta­mens broad, irregular, in a central column, pale yellow. Leaves light green, ovate, apex acumi­nate, recurved, margins obscurely serrulate. Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.270 with colour photo; English translation p.189. The original tree is growing at Kenroku’en Park in Kanazawa City, Japan. Named and released by Ryōji Nakamura in 1978.

ガーデンラィフ編集部. 1980. 《原色日本の椿写真集千椿集》. 誠文堂新光社. 写/p.154、文/p.253. 誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.270. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.30. 石川產. [花]移り白、一重、ラッノ、。咲き、筒しベ、小輪、3～4月。[葉]やや楕円～卵状、やや小形、外曲、中折れ。[樹]立性、強い。[来歴]原木は金沢市兼六園内にある、1978年に中村良式の命名.線。写/桐野、文/中村