Yuki-no-uta

Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.II, 1978, pl.429, p.171 description, p.260: White. Large, 12 cm across, peony form with about 35 round, fleshy petals and scattered yellow stamens. Mid-season blooming. Leaves ovate to wide-ovate, flat, thick, sometimes with yellow variegation on dark green. Originated in Shibata City from a cross between C.rusticana and Yabu Tsubaki, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Collected by Susumu Ishizawa, named and released by Kaoru Hagiya in 1973.

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.321.【花】白色の牡丹咲き、ユキツバキ状芯、大輪、3~ 4月。 【葉】広楕円、中形、平坦。【樹】横張り性、ユキバタ系。【来 歴】新発田市の民家の栽培種。1971年に石井たきの命名•発表。文/萩屋。