Lady Charlotte

Magnolia Gardens and Nursery, 1942-1943, Pale pink semi-double. Fendig, 1953, American Camellia Catalogue, with colour plate: Medium to large, pale pink, semi­double, 10-11 cm across. There are 3 rows of rather square, wavy petals with pale pink to white veins and prominent, central stamens with pale yellow filaments and dark yellow anthers. Leaves medium green, lanceolate, 8 cm long x 3.8 cm wide, slightly glossy, twisted and re­curved, serrulate on plant, upright and spreading. A seedling originated in Magnolia Gardens, John’s Island, South Carolina, USA from seed of unknown parents. See Hertrich, 1954, Camel­lias in the Huntington Gardens, vol.1, p.197, black and white photos. Sport: Lady Charlotte Varie­gated.