Camellia japonica ‘Imbricata Alba’
A cultivar of Camellia japonica L. ‘Flower three and a half inches in diameter, spheroidal, very full and forming a regular rose, the petals of which diminish in size towards the centre, and are mutually imbricated from the centre to the circumference, each has a free border, a little sinuous, entire, two lines broad in the centre and augmenting to twenty-five lines in the periphery; they are white with distinct red or white stripes.-Magnificent.’ [Berlèse Monography p.88/1838]. See also Camellia japonica L. var. imbricata.
Horticultural & Botanical History
It was bred by Hugh Low in England about 1833 from ‘Alba Simplex’. [FC p.154/1836]. Berlèse Iconographie vol.I pl.40/1841.
History at Camden Park
Listed in all published catalogues [T.233/1843]. A plant was presented to the Sydney Botanic Garden on December 24th 1845 [RBGS AB].
Notes
Published Jun 27, 2009 - 04:57 PM | Last updated Aug 10, 2011 - 05:29 PM
Camellia japonica 'Imbricata Alba' | Berlèse vol 1 pl.40/1841 | BHL
| Family | Theaceae |
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| Category | |
| Region of origin | Garden origin, England |
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| Name in the Camden Park Record | Camellia japonica imbricata alba
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| Confidence level | high |