Camellia japonica ‘Isabel’
A cultivar of Camellia japonica L. Camden Park bred, seedling 32/51. ‘Pure white, smallish size, perfectly double and regular to centre, petals well shaped, moderate substance, incurved, smaller buds of better form than old Double white. Beautiful flower.’ William Macarthur. [MP A2948-6].
Horticultural & Botanical History
‘In the Camden Park printed list for 1850 “Isabella” is given and provided with an asterisk to indicate that it was a seedling, however, in their 1857 list the name is replaced by “Isabel”’. [CQ]. Waterhouse appears to be referring to the ABHSR of 1849/50, not a Camden Park catalogue, as neither of these names appear in any of the 1850 catalogues that I have seen. On its first appearance, in the 1857 catalogue, it is called ‘Isabel’. It was distributed under both names and was still in existence in the 1940s. [CQ].
History at Camden Park
First described in 1851 and listed in the 1857 catalogue [T.237/1857]. It is a very late bloomer. In an article in the Horticultural Magazine and Gardeners’ Calendar [1870] Sir William is quoted as saying that the well known ‘Isabella’ was a Camden Park seedling, together with a host of others to be found in our nurserymen’s catalogues.
Notes
Published Jun 28, 2009 - 05:00 PM | Last updated Aug 10, 2011 - 05:18 PM
| Family | Theaceae |
|---|---|
| Category | |
| Region of origin | Garden origin, Camden Park |
| Synonyms | |
| Common Name | |
| Name in the Camden Park Record |
Camellia japonica ‘Isabel’ |
| Confidence level | high |
