| Species:  | 
            Japonica | 
         
         
            | Color:  | 
            Crimson, sometimes with purple cast | 
         
         
            | Form:  | 
            Rose form double to formal double | 
         
         
            | Size:  | 
            Large to very large | 
         
         
            | Bloom Season:  | 
            M-L | 
         
         
            
         
            | Growth Rate:  | 
            Vigorous | 
         
                           
            | Growth Characteristics:  | 
            Compact, upright growth | 
         
                           
            | Leaf Characteristics: | 
            Dark green | 
         
                           
            | Originator: | 
            Mathot | 
         
                           
            | Place of Origination: | 
            Belgium - Ghent | 
         
                           
            | Year of Registration / Origination: | 
            1840's - Europe to United States - Magnolia Plantation - Charleston, South Carolina | 
         
                           
            | Heritage: | 
            Recorded as a seedling of Japonica 'Anemonaeflora' x Japonica 'Sieboldii' | 
         
                                    
            | Photographer: | 
            Konrad Hooper | 
         
                           
            | ICR Link: | 
             http://camellia.iflora.cn/Cutivars/Detail?latin=Mathotiana |