Les Rose

ACRS, Camellia News, Spring 2003, No.163, p.10, colour photo p.2, Reg. No.551. Originated by Les Rose, Toowoomba, Qld, Australia, registered by John Butler, Cabarlah, Qld. A chance seedling of C.reticulata hybrid Lasca Beauty that first flowered in 1994. A mid-pink, semi-double flower of 15 petals, 13.5 cm diameter x 8 cm deep. Flowers mid-season to late on an open, spreading, upright plant. Leaves dark green, matt, flat, rounded at base, apiculate apex, 8.5 cm long x 5 cm wide. Stamens in a column. A darker pink than Lasca Beauty.