Pink Davis

American Camellia Yearbook, 1962, p.223, colour photo facing p.212: A graft mutation or chimaera of Mrs D.W. Davis and J.C. Williams on ‘Colonel Firey’, (C.M. Hovey) understock, first bloomed 1956. Plant growth is dense and medium with dark green leaves, 9 cm x 5.5 cm. The flowers are a light pink with a salmon cast, 10-12.5 cm across x 6-7 cm deep; semi-double, similar to Frizzle White; with yellow stamens. Bloom has 14-16 large, outer petals with a few smaller, inner petals, occasional rabbit ears and petaloids. Blooms mid­season. Originated by O.D. Edge, Columbus, Georgia, USA. Sport: Pink Peony Davis.