Camellia
This peony first bloomed for me in 2021 (one flower) and I forgot to check on carpels, stamens, and stigmas but obtained this information from photos taken by others. Unfortunately there is very little information about this peony and I suspect it is rare because it doesn’t grow well. I obtained mine from a nursery in France.
| Cultivar: | Camellia |
| Year: | 1942 |
| Seedling No: | 14504. Page 23 of Saunders’ Notebook I |
| Parentage: | 6: lactiflora X officinalis Decora Alba |
| Flower: | Color: | white “with palest blush of peach pink at base of petals” (Wister) |
| Form: | semi-double | |
| Blooms: | Week 4 | |
| Carpels: | 1-2, green, woolly | |
| Stigmas: | white, darken to pink with age | |
| Disc: | white | |
| Stamens: | filaments light yellow | |
| Plant: | Habit: | upright |
| Foliage color: | medium green | |
| Foliage form: | leaves are obvate | |
| Height | 32-35″ (reported); 22″ in 2021 on 2 year plant | |
| Recommendation: | Waiting to evaluate after established |
| Availability: | Rare |
