Camellia japonica 'Colonel Firey Variegated'

A variegated sport or form of the classic Camellia japonica 'Colonel Firey', this cultivar is noted for bold red flowers irregularly marked with white, creating a striking bicolor display. As a japonica camellia, it bears glossy evergreen foliage and large ornamental blooms suited to garden display and cut flower use. The name and reference context indicate a showy red-and-white flowering selection within the mid-to-late winter and spring-flowering japonica group.