Camellias

Adelina Patti AGM

Camellia japonica 'Adelina Patti'
Parentage not recorded
Imported by G.Waller from Japan, 1888
H5
AM 1996, AGM (2002) 2012
Slow growing with an upright habit and pendulous shoots.
Flowers: medium (7 to 8cm),cup shaped single, rounded petals; bright pink with a carmine basal
flush and veins, margined white.
Mid season, with some flowers early and late.
Foliage: deep glossy green acuminate.

Photos: Jim Stephens