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