Camellias:
A Curator's Introduction to the Camellia Collection in the Huntington Botanical Gardens

C. japonica 'Adolphe Audusson Variegated' is an excellent example of virus variegation on a very dark red camellia. When the white is evenly distributed on a dark background, it is quite striking. Most people prefer the variegated form to the solid red. In most cases, the virus does not injure the tree.

C. japonica 'Betty's Beauty' is one of more than fifteen sports from the 'Betty Sheffield' line. Introduced by the Huntington in 1975, it is a stable camellia whose flowers come "true" and will not revert to a solid color.

C. japonica 'Margarete Hertrich', named in 1944 for the wife of Huntington superintendent William Hertrich, was discovered among many hundreds of seedlings planted on the grounds. Most seedlings do not have flowers worthy of being registered and instead become rootstock for grafting camellias.