Hazel's Gift

C.Aust., Camellia News, Autumn 2009, p.9 with colour photo, Regn No.579; Originators Ann & William Mitchell, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Aust. A chance seedling of Aspasia Macarthur that first flowered in 1982. The flower appears first to be formal double, then opens through rose form to informal double. Size is 13 cm diameter x 6 cm height. Colour is pale pink, flecked and striped with rose pink, and fading to paler with age. Flowers early to late. Leaves mid-green, flat, glossy, elliptic, 9 cm x 5.5 cm.