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Id:ICR-2573
Country:Australia
Year Published/Registered:1995
Cultivar Type:For Ornamental
Scientific Name:Camellia 'Charlie Bush'
Species/Combination:C. reticulata hybrid
Chinese Name:粉查理
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» English Description
ACRS, Camellia News, 1995, No.135, p.13, Reg. No.457: Originated by John Hunt, Montrose, Victoria, Australia. A seedling of C.reticulata hybrids Arch of Triumph x Lasca Beauty. First flowered 1991. An informal double pink flower shading to light pink (RHS.CC.55B-C) on petal edge with 23 petals, 16.5 cm across x 8 cm deep. Flowers freely mid-season to late on a slow growing, upright, bushy plant. Leaves are dark green, matt, elliptic, flat, margins serrulate, apices acuminate, 11.5 cm long x 6 cm wide. Petals fluted. Filaments in groups. Flowers shed whole. Very thick petal texture with heavy veining. A large, high flower.