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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: Fairfax, VA
no good blooms on this bush :( This is the best out of the bunch
Location: Oceanside, California 
Date: 2020-01-31
In friends backyard
Location: Real Jardín Botanico de Madrid
Date: 2018-04-08
Location: Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin, Texas
Date: 2022-04-05
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2013-03-04
Location: KALAMA WA
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Location: Seminole County, Florida, United States
Date: 2019-12-27
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2012-04-10
Location: Taken at Masse Lane Gardens
Date: 2009-02-07

Photo courtesy of Singing Tree Gardens Nursery
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Photo by kosk0025
Photo by kosk0025
Location: Tampa, FL
Date: 2016-01-13
At USF Botanical Gardens
Location: Tampa, FL
Date: 2016-01-13
At USF Botanical Gardens
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2010-02-22
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aspenhill On April 12, 2015 Obtained plant
Meadows Farms - qty 1
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