- Best for
- 🌸 Blossoms
- Season
- Very early
Features
A flowering ume of the Yabai type with white, medium-sized single flowers.
The Yabai group is thought to be close to the wild ume that came from China, and it is the most common group of flowering ume. The trees look small and delicate, with small flowers and leaves and thin branches, and they are known for their scent.
When it blooms
One of the earliest ume to flower. Kozen Park in Sakai calls it "very early", and Japan's variety examination standard gives it, with Yae-kanko, as an example of "very early" flowering, and also as an example of white flowers.
Where to see it
An Osaka city newsletter (2016) introduced "Toji-bai" as one of the ume that open from about late January at the Osaka Castle Park Plum Grove. It also grows at Kozen Park in Sakai and the Sanuki Flower Garden in Kagawa.
Where to see this variety
- Osaka Castle Park Plum Grove 大阪府・usually best Early Feb – early Mar Source: 大阪市建設局「ひふみ」No.93（2016年2月）「来園者を魅了する梅たち」
- Kozen Park Plum Grove 大阪府・usually best Mid Feb – early Mar Source: 荒山公園（こうぜんこうえん）｜堺市
- Sanuki Flower Garden Plum Garden 香川県・usually best Jan – Mar (varies by variety) Source: さぬきフラワーガーデンにある梅の主な品種と解説｜香川県
Places whose pages (linked) name this variety. Numbers of trees and flowering times vary by year, so it may not be in bloom when you visit.
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