How the Yunnan Reticulatas Came to America

摘要

Camellia reticulata originated in the rich alpine of Yunnan,the southeastern province of China where they have been growing for hundreds of years. The first documented translocation of these camellias was to Japan in the 17th Century. Chinese records indicate that between 1673 and 1681 a semi-double blooming cultivar was introduced to Japan called 'To-Tsubaki'. It is the same cultivar as 'Captain Raw-es' which was introduced to England from Canton, China in 1820 by Captain Richard Rawes. It has a very large semi-double carminerose pink flower with irregular petals.