Shrub. Branchlets hairless. Leaves about 7-9 cm long, 3-5 cm wide, more or less elliptic, shallowly saw-toothed often with the brown spots that typify C. japonica. Ovary extremely hairy. Flowers mostly white to dark pink.
Seed parent C. saluenensis pollinated by cultivars of C. japonica.
Raised by and named after Mr J.C. Williams of Caerhays Castle, United Kindom.
Has the larger flowers of C. saluenensis combined with the hardiness of C. japonica.
CAMELLIA SASANQUA CULTIVARS (AND RELATED SPECIES C. ×VERNALIS AND C. HIEMALIS)
Camellia japonica cultivars
Dewatairin' ('Daitairin') Flowers to 13 cm wide, Elegans form, pale pink, generally with a mass of petal-like stamens in the centre. Extremely early Japanese cultivar.
Guilio Nuccio' Flowers 13-15 cm wide, informal-double with 12-15 petals rose, paling towards their tips. A seedling raised in USA as a seedling of the fishtail camellia 'Mermaid'. Int. c. 1955.
Nuccio's Jewel' Flowers 9-10 cm wide, informal double, petals white shading to pink on the edge. Raised at Nuccio's Nurseries, Altadena, California, USA as a seedling that first bloomed in 1974. Int. c. 1978. '
Nuccio's Pearl' Flowers about 8 cm wide, formal double, petals pointed, pale pink with the centre and outer ones darker. Raised at Nuccio's Nurseries, Altadena, California, USA as a chance seedling that first bloomed in 1973. Int. c. 1978.
Roma Risorta' Flowers about 12 cm wide, informal double, petals pink lined with carmine and bordered white. Obtained from seed by Delgrande, Rome, Italy. Int. c. 1866. '
San Dimas' Flowers about 10 cm wide, semi-double, dark red. Raised by Clark Thomas, San Dimas, California, USA as a chance seedling that first bloomed in 1966. Int. c. 1972.
hybrids (medium to large)
Source: (1997). Camellia. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 2. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 1. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.
Camellia ×williamsii 'Angel Wings'
(C. ×williamsii) Flowers semi-double, white suffused pink. Petals narrow and upright. Raised at Kramer Bros Nursery, Upland, California, USA as a hybrid C. japonica 'Tinsley' × C. saluenensis. Int. c. 1970.
Camellia ×williamsii 'Anticipation'
(C. ×williamsii) Flowers about 10 cm across, informal double with numerous petal-like stamens, red-purple with red overlay. Raised by L.E. Jury, New Plymouth, New Zealand as a seedling of C. japonica × C. saluenensis and first flowered in 1959. Int. c. 1962.
Camellia ×williamsii 'Barbara Anne'
(C. ×williamsii) Flowers about 11 cm wide, pink, semi-double with 16 petals. Raised by Alan B. Raper, The Patch, Victoria, Australia as a chance seedling of C. saluenensis that first flowered in 1984. Int. c. 1990.
Camellia ×williamsii 'Coral Delight'
(C. ×williamsii) Flowers medium sized, semi-double, pink. Raised at Kramer Bros Nursery, Upland, California, USA as the hybrid C. japonica 'Dr Tinsey' × C. saluenensis. Int. c. 1975.
Camellia ×williamsii 'Crinkles'
(C. ×williamsii) Flowers with numerous crinkled pinkish petals. Seedlings raised from C. saluenensis in 1946 by E.G. Waterhouse, Gordon, New South Wales, Australia. Int. c. 1957.
Camellia ×williamsii 'Daintiness'
(C. ×williamsii) Flowers about 12 cm wide, semi-double, salmon pink with 12 petals. Raised by L.E. Jury, New Plymouth, New Zealand as a hybrid C. japonica 'Magnoliifolia' × C. saluenensis. Int. c. 1972.
(C. ×williamsii) Flowers informal double, deep pink. Raised
Camellia ×williamsii 'Donation'
(C. ×williamsii) Flowers large, semi-double, pink, flushed and veined red-purple. Raised as a hybrid C. japonica 'Donckelaeri' × C. saluenensis at Borde Hill, Sussex, England. Int. c. 1941.
Camellia ×williamsii 'E.G. Waterhouse'
(C. ×williamsii) Flowers formal double, pink with many rows of petals. Seedling raised by E.G. Waterhouse in 1946 with C. japonica flowers and C. saluenensis foliage. Int. c. 1955.
Camellia ×williamsii 'Elsie Jury'
(C. ×williamsii) Flowers 11–13 cm wide, informal double with numerous pink petals and petal-like stamens. A hybrid C. japonica 'Pukekura' × C. saluenensis raised by L.E. Jury, New Plymouth, New Zealand. Int. c. 1964.
Camellia ×williamsii 'Hari Withers'
(C. ×williamsii) Flowers about 9 cm wide, formal double with a deep pink centre fading to pale pink towards the outside. Raised by Dr R.W. Withers, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia as a hybrid C. saluenensis seedling that first bloomed in 1975. Int. c. 1985.
Camellia ×williamsii 'Julia Hamiter'
(C. ×williamsii) Flowers about 9 cm wide, semi-double or informal double and formal double, pink with petals white or greenish at the base. Raised by Fred Hamiter, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA as a chance hybrid seedling of C. 'Donation' and an unknown pollen parent. Int. c. 1964.
Camellia ×williamsii 'Mary Phoebe Taylor'
(C. ×williamsii) Flowers about 13–14 cm wide, informal double, pale pink. A putative hybrid of C. saluenensis which first flowered in 1965. Int. c. 1975.
Camellia ×williamsii 'Mona Jury'
(C. ×williamsii) Flowers informal double, apricot pink, the 16–22 petals heavily veined. Raised by L. E. Jury, New Plymouth, New Zealand and first flowered in 1971. Int. c. 1976.
Camellia ×williamsii 'Robin Rise'
(C. ×williamsii) Flowers about 10 cm wide, semi-double, salmon pink. Raised as an open pollinated seedling of C. ×williamsii 'Margaret Waterhouse' that first flowered in 1972. Int. c. 1982.
Camellia ×williamsii 'Ruby Bells'
(C. ×williamsii) Flowers about 5 cm wide, single, dark red with 6 petals. A seedling of the cross C. japonica 'Fuyajo' × C. saluenensis raised by O. Blumhardt, Whangarei, New Zealand and first bloomed in 1964. Int. c. 1982.
Camellia ×williamsii 'Waltz Time'
(C. ×williamsii) Flowers large, semi-double, lilac pink. Raised as a sport at the McCaskill Gardens, Pasadena, California, USA. Int. c. 1960.
Camellia ×williamsii 'Water Lily'
(C. ×williamsii) Flowers about 11 cm wide, formal double, pink. A hand pollinated hybrid of C. saluenensis × C. japonica 'K. Sawada' raised by Felix M. Jury, Wairara, New Zealand. Int. c. 1967.
