Camellia Tomorrow

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(C.japonica), American Camellia Yearbook, 1954, p.335, Reg. No. 145: 

An 8 year old seedling of unknown parentage, originated at Tick Tock Nursery, Thomasville, Georgia, USA and first bloomed in 1950. Plant growth is rapid, open and slightly pendulous, with mid-green, oval leaves, coarsely serrate. Flower buds large, round, brown, showing colour a long time before opening. Flowers are incomplete double with large petaloids (Similar to ‘Gloire de Nantes’), 20-22 petals, 13-15 cm across. Flower colour is strawberry red, slightly lighter than ‘Woodville Red’. Blooms early to mid-season. 

Received the ‘John Illges Award’ in 1956 and the ‘National Camellia Hall of Fame Award’ in 1978. RHS., ‘Award of Merit’, 1960. Synonym: ‘Ed Anderson’. See colour photos: American Camellia Yearbook, 1958, facing p.114.; Macoboy, 1981, The Colour Dictionary of Camellia, p. 121. 

This camellia has generated the largest number of sports of any camellia so far, according to the number that have been named. No doubt many of them are very similar. They are as follows: ‘Tomorrow Blush’, ‘Tomorrow Crown Jewel’, ‘Tomorrow Delight’, ‘Leanne’s Tomorrow’, ‘Tomorrow Delight Variegated’, ‘Tomorrow Moonlight’, ‘Tomorrow Marbury’s Light Pink’, ‘Tomorrow Peaches’, ‘Tomorrow Park Hill’, ‘Tomorow Pink’, ‘Tomorrow Queen’, ‘Tomorrow Park Hill Blush’, ‘Tomorrow Supreme’, ‘Tomorrow Park Hill Pink’, ‘Tomorrow White’, ‘Tomorrow Sunrise’, ‘Tomorrow Peony Variegated’, ‘Tomorrow Tuxedo’, ‘Tomorrow Pink Variegated’, ‘Tomorrow Variegated’, ‘Tomorrow’s Dawn’, ‘Tomorrow’s Lisa’, ‘Tomorrow’s Dawn Bessie’, ‘Tomorrow’s Dawn Delight’, ‘Tomorrow’s Dawn Blush’, ‘Tomorrow’s Dawn Peony’, ‘Tomorrow’s Dawn Variegated’, ‘Tomorrow’s Tropic Dawn’, ‘Tomorrow’s Sweet Image’, ‘Queen of Tomorrow’. Chinese Synonym: ‘Mingtian’. 

(Reference: The International Camellia Register p.1860-1861 

Use as an Ornamental 

Not recommended as a hedge variety but could be used as an informal screen. 

Makes a good feature plant in a garden or as a background shrub. 

Like all Camellias if the plant gets old and loses form, prune severely back to a stump 30 – 50cm high. After a few weeks new shoots will appear from the stump and the plant will reform.