Lasca Beauty
Key Attributes
| Cultivar Name | Lasca Beauty |
| Species | Camellia reticulata hybrid |
| Hybridizer | Clifford R. Parks |
| Year Of Origin | 1973 |
| Primary Color | soft pink |
| Secondary Color | yellow and cream |
| Color Pattern | solid pink petals with contrasting yellow anthers and cream filaments |
| Bloom Form | semi-double |
| Bloom Season | mid-season |
| Growth Habit | upright |
About this Camellia cultivar
Lasca Beauty is a 1973 camellia cultivar hybridized by Clifford R. Parks at the Los Angeles State and County Arboretum, Arcadia, California. It is a reticulata hybrid from Reticulata 'Cornelian' crossed with Japonica 'Mrs. D. W. Davis'. The cultivar bears very large, soft pink semi-double blooms with heavy-textured, thick petals, accented by yellow anthers and cream filaments. It is known for vigorous, open, upright growth and dark green foliage, making it a strong landscape and specimen camellia.
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