Mrs F. L. Gibson

Thomasville Nursery Catalogue, 1938-1939. No description. Fendig, 1951, American Camellia Catalogue: Medium, variable single; light pink with white edges, splotched pink and red. Some flowers are white with red lines, others Christmas red and white with long, yellow stamens. Leaves, medium-dark green, rounded-oval, small, 5.5 cm long x 3.2 cm wide; texture thin, serrations fine. Plant habit a vigorous, fast grower, free bloomer, hardy. Originated by a negress from seed she obtained in the J.R. Wade garden about 1920. Named by Mr F.L. Gibson, Thomasville, Georgia. Sports: Mrs F.L. Gibson Pink, Mrs F.L. Gibson Herme Coloured. Seedlings: Betty Sheffield, Edna Earl, Frank Gibson, Gibson White, ‘Gibson Red’. Abbreviation: ‘Mrs Gibson’. See p. 156, Sharp, 1957, Camellias Illustrated for flower photo.