Ovation

C.Aust., Camellia News, Autumn 2007, No.173, p.6, colour photo p.19, Reg. No. 571. Originated by Norm Prentice, and registered by Judy Prentice, Garfield, Vic, Australia. A chance seedling of C.reticulata hybrid Ovation. First flowered in 2000. A large, semi-double, mauve pink (RHS.CC. 75C) flower, 15 cm across x 4 cm deep. Flowers mid-season on a bushy upright, rapid growing plant. Leaves dark green, lanceolate to oblanceolate, flat with a slight curl, 11 cm x 5 cm. Flowers fall whole.