Camellias

Camellia sasaanqua 'Apple Blossom'
Syn: 'Joy Sander', 'Fukuzutsumi', 'Bundle of Fortune', 'Chandler's Special', 'Flamingo', 'Hodgins Special Pink', 'Zerbes, 'Flying Dragon'
Introduced by Sander Nursery, Bruges c.1915 (as 'Joy Sander').
H4
AM 1933, (AGM 2002 removed 2012)
Upright and compact.
Flowers: medium (to 6.5cm) single with central golden stamen cluster; white flushed rose opal.
Early to mid season.
Foliage: broadly elliptic.
Habit: vigorous plant of upright, spreading growth.
The clone flowering in Western gardens was imported from the Yokohama Nursery by Victorian nurseryman Basil Hodgins and it was sent from there to Bill Wylam in California.