There was an 8' plant at Massee Lane Gardens in Fort Valley when I was there. It was actually growing in the corner of the gravel parking lot, with cars continually driving around it, and it bloomed beautifully every year, though it did not grow very fast. It was always in demand by tourists, but it was somewhat difficult to locate for sale.

I picked up a gallon-sized 'Mrs. Lyman Clarke' at Cofer's in Athens, GA, day before yesterday. From what you said, it should be well worth adding to the yard. Thanks for the comments. It should be good for March and April blooms.

The 'Mrs. Lyman Clarke' has just started to open its buds, and the flowers are very pretty. I think Cofer's camellias are supplied by Cam Too in Greensboro.

Do you have a digital camera? Can you please post some pictures of the blooms?

Sorry, luis_pr, but I'm too much of a technophobe to do that. However, there is an illustrated entry for this cultivar in Sterling Macoboy's _The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Camellias_. His photograph really doesn't do the flower justice. It's far prettier than the illustration suggests. Unfortunately, this criticism can be applied to many of the entries in that _magnum opus_. Take a look at the 'Adolphe Audusson' entry as another example. Instead of applying that old advertising slogan, "Where's the beef!?," one has to make this observation: "Where's the red?"