Rosea (sasanqua)

Hume, 1931, Camellias & Azaleas, 1st. ed., p.31: Single pink with a rim of 5 petals around clustered stamens which suggest the anemome (Cherokee) rose. Gerbing’s Azalea Gardens Catalogue, 1938-1939: Deep pink, medium large, single, golden stamens. Of Japanese ori­gin, probably imported into America by Fruitland Nurseries. See colour pl. on frontispiece, American Camellia Yearbook, 1949. In 1966, Walter C. Slowcock Ltd. Nursery listed a sasanqua ‘Rosea’ as 5 cm across, rosy pink, small leaved plant. Chinese synonym: ‘Meigui’.