Yukigoromo

Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1966, Garden Life, No.17, p.38: Pure white, campanulate single. Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.254: Palest pink, single campanulate form with spread stamens. Petals are tinged with peach colour at the base, Filaments yellow, stamens short, dark yellow, about 160. Medium size, 6-7 cm across. Mid-season blooming. Leaves medium-small, long-ovate, undulate, sharply serrate. Petiole short and hir­sute. Plant habit bushy. This is a snow camellia from Higashi-Kanbara-gun, Niigata, Japan. Collected, named and released by Yaichi Kawamura in 1966.

保育社 .1974年. 《つばき》安藤芳顕著 ｐ.210.　文化出版局. 1975. 《現代椿名鑑》. P234. 誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.273. 新潟產. [花]ごく淡い桃色を帯びている、一重、ラッパ咲き、ユキ芯、中輪、4～5月。[葉]中小型の長楕円形で鋸歯は鋭く、目立つ。葉面はやや強く波曲する。葉柄の毛は多く、ユキツバキ系。[樹]低木状に叢生する。樹勢はやや弱く、枝は伸びにくい。花つきはよく、また挿し木の活着もよい。[来歴]新潟県東蒲原郡津川町の産で、長尾健次郎氏が命名・発表の品種。　文/桐野