(C.sasanqua), Hume, 1931, Camellias & Azaleas, 1st. ed., p.31: Single pink with a rim of 5 petals

around clustered stamens which suggest the anemome (Cherokee) rose. Gerbing’s Azalea

Gardens Catalogue, 1938-1939: Deep pink, medium large, single, golden stamens. Of

Japanese origin, probably imported into America by Fruitland Nurseries. See colour pl. on

frontispiece, American Camellia Yearbook, 1949. In 1966, Walter C. Slowcock Ltd. Nursery

listed a sasanqua ‘Rosea’ as 5 cm across, rosy pink, small leaved plant. Chinese synonym:‘Meigui’.

Rosea. Wada, 1937, Japanese Garden Treasures, p.37 as Thea rosea. Pink form of the Japanese

Tea plant. Botanical designation C.sinensis var. sinensis f. rosea.

FOGLIA:  medio grande, tondeggiante, convessa, dentata. Fioritura in medio mperiodo.

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