Mississippi Beauty

Mississippi Beauty is a camellia cultivar referenced here in the context of an old Southern garden camellia showing white, pink, and red blooms on a large established shrub. From the provided context, it appears to be an old Camellia japonica type commonly grown in the southeastern United States, with showy ornamental flowers and a vigorous long-lived habit. The plant described is approximately 60 years old and about 20 feet tall, suggesting a strong upright to bushy growth habit typical of mature japonica camellias. The blooms are noted as variable in color, likely due to grafting or sporting, with white, pink, and red flowers present on the same plant.