Thanks for sharing the picture of this beautiful camellia. I hope it does well for you. I understand that it is hardy to 17 degrees below zero. I grow a few cold hardy camellias but haven't been able to locate one of these yet. Where did you get it?

I think I picked this one up at our local Camellia Society's Spring sale, but can't remember exactly. If not there, then at a local nursery. They carry a lot of the hardy Ackerman hybrids.