Nina Avery


ACS., Newsletter, 1949, vol.4, No.4, Reg. No.13: Medium sized white, variegated with rose-pink, incomplete double, 8 cm across x 4.5 cm deep with crinkled, erect, centre petals, white filaments and brown anthers. Leaves mid-green, stiff, 11 cm long x 5 cm wide, prominent venation, apices acuminate, recurved. Plant habit is tall, bushy and medium. Origi­nated at Jungle Gardens, Avery Island, Louisiana, USA. First flowered 1947. See black and white photo, p.173, Hertrich, 1959, Camellias in the Huntington Gardens, vol.III. Chinese synonym: ‘Aiwuli’.

 


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