General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Pollinators: Bees
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM

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Common names
  • Japanese Camellia
  • Common Camellia
  • Camellia

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Location: The Missouri Botanical Garden
Date: 05-26-2006
Japanese Camellia (Camellia japonica 'Nuccio's Pearl')
Location: St Louis
Date: 2016-04-21
Location: My garden, Northumberland
Date: 2010-04-20
Location: The Missouri Botanical Garden
Date: 2006-02-12
Japanese Camellia (Camellia japonica 'Nuccio's Pearl')
Location: The Missouri Botanical Garden
Date: 05-26-2006
Japanese Camellia (Camellia japonica 'Nuccio's Pearl')
Location: Oceanside, California 
Date: 2020-02-27
At a nursery
Location: Washington
Date: 2016-03-03
Location: The Missouri Botanical Garden
Date: 05-26-2006
Japanese Camellia (Camellia japonica 'Nuccio's Pearl')
Location: Kalama, Wa.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Oregon City, Oregon
Location: KALAMA WA 
Date: 2021-04-17
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: duke gardens, durham, north carolina
Date: 2023-11-18
Location: Garden next to Smithsonian, DC, Virginia | May, 2022
Date: 2022-05-28
Location: Washington
Date: 2016-03-03

Photo courtesy of Camellia Forest Nursery
Location: At a local nursery
Date: 2012-03-28

Photo courtesy of Singing Tree Gardens Nursery
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo courtesy of Singing Tree Gardens Nursery
  • Uploaded by Joy
Photo by Cem9165
Location: At a local nursery
Date: 2012-03-28
Location: At a local nursery
Date: 2012-03-28

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