Margaret Wells Swift

Lawrence, Paul, 1935, “Camellias in the South”; Gardeners’ Chronicle, 39(3):67. Bloomed for the first time, 1934, the plant then being 6 years old. Originated by Robert Rubel Jr, Crichton, Alabama, USA. See black and white photo, p.9, Garden Digest, Apr.1935: The flower measures 9.5 cm across and larger, is of a light cherry red, shading to deep rose-pink, with many petals and petaloids, irregularly twisted and ruffled, interspersed with golden anthered stamens and with about 20 large, guard petals, making a globular shaped flower.