Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Pink Perfection'

Has done well here in MD zone7b flowers are beautiful and everyone I know that sees it wants one.

My dear Mother, a lady named Angel Brooks, introduced this lovely camellia to me from my grandmother's yard next door to our home in Tall...Read Moreahassee, Florida. She brought a cutting to my yard in Atlanta, GA in 1980 in honor of the birth of our first son. The plant has grown into a 4' x 5' shrub covered with the lovely pink blossoms year after year. Mama called it "Pink of Perfection", a term which I used into adulthood until I looked up the correct name in a botanical book. I still like my mother's version.

Despite the weather, after twelve years, this slow grower has never failed to be covered with blooms of exquisite beauty with little care.

You still can't beat the beauty of perfection in this lovely old favorite. It was my first camellia 60 years ago.