Tango

ACS, Aug. 1996, The Camellia Journal, vol.51, No.2, p.31, Reg. No.2378. A large, black red crimson, formal double, Craig Clark seed parent x (‘H-404’ - a seedling of C.pitardii var. yunnanica x C.reticulata ‘Cornelian’ [Damanao]). Flowers mid-season. Originated by Houghton S. Hall, San Anselmo, Calif., USA. American Camellia Yearbook, 1996, p.5, colour photo before p.1. The 16 year old seedling first flowered in 1986. Average flower size is 12.7 cm across x 7.5 cm deep with 35 petals. Form and colour unique. Five separate tiers of petals, all deeply incurved with black picotee edges and a bud centre. Plant growth is upright, spreading, dense and medium in rate with dark green leaves 11.5 cm long x 4.5 cm wide.