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Some favourite Australian Camellias
C.japonica Margaret Davis
R E D
C.williamsii hybrid Anne Hazlewood
C.japonica miniature Dolly Dyer
C.williamsii hybrid Jamie
C.japonica Great Eastern
C.japonica Roger Hall
C.japonica Speciosissima
C.japonica The Czar
C.sasanqua miniature Paradise Sylvia
S T R I P E D
C.japonica Courtesan
C.japonica Helenor
C.japonica High Jinks
C.japonica Jean Lyne
C.japonica Paul Jones Supreme
C.hybrid miniature Lollypop
WHITE BLUSHED PINK
C.japonica Andrea Sebire
C.hybrid miniature Alpen Glo
C.japonica Aspasia Macarthur
C.sasanqua Beatrice Emily
C.hybrid miniature Snow Drop
C.williamsii hybrid Tiptoe
C.reticulata Suzanne Withers
C.japonica Sweet Olive
C.hybrid miniature Sweet Emily Kate
C.hybrid miniature Sweet Jane
C.japonica Vale Beauty
B L A C K . R E D*
C.japonica Alexander Black
C.japonica Charles A Newman
C.reticulata Dark Jewel
C.japonica Lady Winneke
C.japonica Pamela Jane
P U R P L E*
C.japonica Azurea
C.japonica Chrysanthemum
C.japonica Metallica
C.reticulata Suzie B
C.japonica Purple Trumpet
* in most regions
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P I N K
C.japonica Spencer's Pink
C.sasanqua Bert Jones
C.japonica Edith Linton
C.sasanqua Jarrick's Suprise
C.reticulata miniature La Petite
P I N K - D E E P
C.hybrid miniature Adorable
C.japonica Ordoratissima
C.reticulata Pavlova
C.reticulata Samantha
C.reticulata Wandin Sebire
P I N K - L I G H T
C.reticulata Alaskan Queen
C.williamsii hybrid E G Waterhouse
C.japonica Eric McMinn
C.williamsii hybrid Harem
C.sasanqua Exquisite (Waterhouse)
C.japonica Laurie Bray
C.sasanqua miniature Mignonne
C.japonica Philippa Ifould
C.japonica Prince Frederick William
C.japonica Spencer's Pink
C.sasanqua Russhay
C.sasanqua miniature Paradise Petite
W H I T E
C.japonica Polar Bear
C.hybrid miniature Bogong Snow
C.japonica Henry Turnbull
C.japonica Mrs Bell
C.williamsii hybrid Swan Lake
C.sasanqua Pure Silk
C.japonica Doris Hurst
C.sasanqua miniature Paradise Little Liane
C.japonica Janet Waterhouse
E D G E D
C.japonica Can Can
C.japonica Charles Henty
C.japonica Geoff Hamilton
C.sasanqua Jane Morgan
C.japonica Margaret Davis
C.sasanqua Something Special
C.sasanqua Stan Jones
C.japonica Just Sue
C.japonica Lady Loch
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Since the mid-1800s, camellias have been bred in Australia. Before 1900 they were so popular that hundreds were available from nurseries, imported from Europe and noted chance seedlings.
But once the tea rose entered Australia, it replaced the camellia in the garden, in commerce, in the cut flower trade, as a button-hole flower, and in wedding bouquets.
The camellia disappeared, and like the dinosaurs millions of years before them, the majority became forgotten and extinct.
It was not until the 1930s that surviving camellias were re-discovered and a new wave of gardeners, mostly following World War II, began once again to cherish the camellia.
New (and better) ways of propagating appeared, and new camellias became available.
The sasanqua species was re-introduced, and the reticulata species from China made an appearance. As interest grew, more species from Asia touched Australian shores.
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