Camellia japonica 'Jean Lyne'
A beautiful medium-sized, late-season cultivar raised by George Linton at Somersby and released commercially by Hazelwood Nurseries in 1941, Jean Lyne was one of the most popular Camellia cultivars – although now only rarely seen in gardens.
The flowers are variably white or pink, randomly striped and blotched with carmine or red, and have an elegant simplicity with only two and a half whorls of petals and random petaloids at the centre of each flower. It is currently in bloom at Vaucluse House.
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