“Recently when on holidays at Burleigh Heads we went to the Carrara Markets. Looking through a second hand bookshop I came across this Book – Camellias by E B Anderson. Inside was an old newspaper article titled ‘The Rare Camellia’ Sydney Morning Herald 13 April, 1972 about Colonel Tom Durrant and his work with reticulata camellias” writes Shu-chuan (Bonnie) Vercoe of Queensland Camellia Society. Colonel Tom Durrant was the bestowed with the honour of “Fellow of the Australian Camellia Research Society” at the 1986 National Congress for his long and distinguished service to the Society and the study of the genus Camellia.
Near the conclusion of the article are Tom Durrant’s suggestions for those who would like to grow reticulatas and they were ‘Pagoda’, ‘Moutancha’, ‘Early Peony’, ‘Shot Silk’, ‘Wild Silk’ & ‘William Hertrich’ which were available in the Australian nurseries and the prices range from $10 – $20 each. Photos https://www.flickr.com/photos/camelliasaustralia
‘Pagoda’ synonym for ‘Songzilin’
‘Shot Silk’ synonym ‘Dayinhong’
‘Wild Silk’
‘William Hertrich’
‘Early Peony’ synonym for ‘Zaomudan’
