Our favourite Camelia reticulata.
Red Crystal
This dazzling red camellia is New Zealand’s gift to the camellia world. It’s a cross between C.reticulata ‘Crimson Robe’ and C. japonica ‘Wildfire’. Velvety orange-red petals open to 14cm to reveal gold stamens. Flowers mid-season.
Photo - Linda Ross
Valentine’s Day
Is this the most perfect reticulata ever? It’s loved for its rosy-red formal double flower and rosebud centre. It was created in 1958 and is a
strong grower, happiest in semi-shade.
Photo - Linda Ross
Dr Clifford Parkes
This hybrid was developed by Dr. Clifford Parkes at his Los Angeles arboretum in 1971. It is a large semi-double, with both loose peony and full peony
forms on the same tree. Flowers are a brilliant flame-red, mid-season.
Photo - Linda Ross
Ellie’s Girl
Bred by Mrs Bess Chambers in Pymble, Sydney in 1994, this is a beautiful formal double fuchsia-pink form with eight layers of petals. Flowers mid to late
in the season. The tree is a fast, upright grower.
Photo - Linda Ross
Francie L.
A hybrid created in 1964 at Nuccio Nursery in California. It has a tall leggy habit, with large semi-double rose-pink blooms, and rather narrow foliage.
Flowers late in the season, with blooms lasting through spring.
Photo - Linda Ross
Valley M. Knudson
A favourite in Graham and Sandra’s garden, this camellia carries profuse numbers of bright, orchid-pink flowers on a shapely small tree. It was bred by
Howard Asper in 1958, and has the same parentage as ‘Valentine’s Day’.
Photo - Linda Ross
Text: Linda Ross
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