White Bloom from Red Camellia Bush

I was given a sprig from a RED camellia bush. I planted it about three years ago. It had its first bloom this year and it was WHITE. How did this happen?

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#1 Comment By Downtoearthdigs On 04/20/2017 @ 9:21 pm

Camellia’s do have a reputation of producing ‘sports’ which is another flower color on a branch.

The plant is just showing your a part of it’s genetic make up.

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