Yūzakura

Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1980, Senchinshū, p.155, colour photo, p.253, description: White to faintest pink. Small size, campanulate single with 5 petals with their edges folded in at the apex to form a point; broad stamen cluster. Blooms mid-sea­son. Leaves dark green, long-elliptic, slightly reflexed. Petioles hirsute. Originated in the Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Collected by Susumu Ishizawa, named and released by Kaoru Hagiya in 1973. Different reading: ‘Yuuzakura’.

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.155、文/p.253.  誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.270. 【花】淡桃色の一重、ラッハ。咲き、筒 しべ、小輪、3〜4月。【葉】楕円〜 長楕円、中形、やや反曲。【樹】横張 り性、ユキ系。【来歴】産地不詳。石 沢進の採集、1973年に萩屋薰の命 名•発表。写/植村、文/萩屋。