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

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Common names
  • Common Camellia
  • Japanese Camellia
  • Camellia

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Location: Cowells garden centre, Tyne and Wear England UK 
Date: 2023-04-14
Camellia japonica Blood of China
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2018-02-27
Camellia japonica - Blood Of China 001
Location: Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
Date: 2021-01-25
Location: Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
Date: 2021-01-25
Location: Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
Date: 2019-12-05
Location: Woodland Garden, Bucks County, PA
Date: 2018
C. Blood of China. Early May blooms.
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2019-04-07
Blood Of China Camillia 006

Date: 2015-02-08

Photo courtesy of Camellia Forest Nursery

Date: 2015-02-08

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