Description
The large Dinner plate blossoms of Reticulata camellias have been strangely forgotten by most gardeners , and truly challenge the beauty and size of Paeonia ... As a child my father lined our driveway with perhaps 6 reticulata cultivars including Shot Silk , and in flower were gob smacking ... Large semi double pink-red blooms , uniquely spotted white ... Early flowering extremely strong grower , making a small tree ... Endemic species of southwestern China, in Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces … I first saw these over 30 years ago in temple’s & monasteries hundreds of years old , truly magnificent sight …
Family: Theaceae