Tom Clower

Fendig, 1951, American Camellia Catalogue: Large phlox-pink, complete double, imbricated (formal), 10-10.5 cm across. Buds, usually double on alternate sides, are round and light green. They form early but open late. Leaves light green, elliptic to obovate, 8 cm long x 5 cm wide. Tip short and slender, veins recessed. Serrations shallow and wide apart, 3 mm pitch. Plant habit open and vigorous. Originated by Mr & Mrs T.S. Clower, Gulfport, Mississippi, USA. First flowered 1944. Registered as No.88, American Camellia Yearbook, 1954.