Wirlinga Princess
Key Attributes
| Cultivar Name | Wirlinga Princess |
| Species | Camellia hybrid |
| Primary Color | pale pink |
| Secondary Color | white |
| Color Pattern | pale pink petals fading to white in the centre with deep pink on the reverse |
| Bloom Form | semi-double |
| Bloom Season | mid-season |
| Growth Habit | spreading |
About this Camellia cultivar
Camellia 'Wirlinga Princess' is a small-leaved evergreen camellia grown as a shrub, valued for its spreading habit and delicate flowers. Reference sources describe it as producing small single to semi-double pale pink blooms that fade to white in the centre, with a deeper pink reverse to the petals. It is well suited to woodland gardens, borders, and mixed shrub plantings, and is noted for being more sun-hardy than many camellias while still preferring free-draining, slightly acidic soil. Its combination of soft bicolored flowers, compact foliage, and graceful spreading growth makes it a distinctive ornamental garden cultivar.
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