Id：ICR-10893
Country：United States
Year Published/Registered：1948
Cultivar Type：For Ornamental
AGM Type：
Scientific Name：Camellia japonica 'Lila Rosa'
Species/Combination：C. japonica
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Lila Rosea
River View Nursery Catalogue, 1957-1958, p.9. Orthographic error for Lila Rosa.
» English Description
Overlook Nursery Catalogue, 1948-1949, p.17: Large size, full peony form, clear pink. Fendig, 1951, American Camellia Catalogue with colour pl.: Large, deep, clear rose-pink, incomplete double (anemone form) 10 cm across x 4 cm deep. The petals are obovate, about 5 cm long with notched tips. A variable flower with a formation similar to Marchioness of Exeter, sometimes showing many petaloids but few stamens. Leaves mid-green, long-elliptic, 11 cm x 5 cm, base tapered acute, long acuminate apex, wide, sharp serrations, black tipped. Plant is a fast, spreading grower. Originated by Breckinridge Gamble, Tallahassee, Florida, USA from seed of unknown parents about 1940. Orthographic error: ‘Lila Rosea’. Sport: Lila Rosa Variegated. See black and white photo, p.205, Hertrich, 1955, Camellias in the Huntington Gardens, vol.II.
