Camellias

Camellia japonica 'Gloire de Nantes'
Guichard, Nantes, France before 1860
H5
AM 1956, AGM (1969, 1993, 2002) 2012
Moderate growing, compact, dense and upright.
Flowers: medium semi-double; rose pink.
Foliage medium green leaves.
Early.
Free flowering; a superb early cultivar which may sometimes flower as early as November.