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2025 The neat modeling beauty created by nature "Otome Tsubaki"
Otome camellia (Otome camellia) is a horticultural variety of the camellia family camellia, and is considered to be one of the most popular varieties of camellia. The so-called "Senue bloom" middle ring species, the flower color is usually pale pink, and the collection of cylindrical yellow stamens at the center of the flower, which is a characteristic of camellia, is invisible, round petals are neatly overlapped, and it is also called the perfect beauty created by nature, and it is mistaken for seemingly "soap carving". Also known as "Usotome" because of its light pink flower color. Because of its beautiful flower appearance, it is widely planted in parks, gardens, hedges, etc. The flowering season is generally late blooming and is from February to May. Regarding the origin of the name, (1) the theory that it was regarded as a pre-marriage because it rarely bears fruit, (2) the theory that the appearance of a pretty maiden in a flower shape with a feminine impression that the petals overlap in multiple layers in frills In the Edo period, it seems that various theories that have been named because they were excluded from the gate so that they do not appear in other clans, etc. The maiden camellia planted in the Hamarikyu Garden Hanagien Garden is beginning to bloom in the beautiful spring light.