Donna Rita

ACRS, Camellia News, Issue No.127, p.9, Colour photo p.2: Originated by Edgar Sebire, Wandin North, Victoria, Australia. A seedling of C.x williamsii Mary Phoebe Taylor, pollen parent unknown. First flowered 1987. Light Red (RHS.CC.63B), informal double of 62 petals; 7.5 cm across x 3.5 cm deep. Blooms early to late season on a slow growing, upright, bushy, free flowering plant. Leaves olive green, glossy, flat, elliptic, apices acuminate, margins serrulate, 7.5 cm long x 3.4 cm wide. Petals open flat. A distinctive lavender hybrid.