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
  • Camellia
Also sold as:
  • Ezo-nishiki

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Location: Charleston, SC
Date: 01/18/2019

Date: c.1841
illustration by J-J Jung from Berlèse's 'Iconographie du genre C
Location: Botanischer Garten München-Nymphenburg
Date: 2018-03-11
Location: Tallahassee Nursery, Tallahassee Florida, now mine
Date: 2013-01-12
Comments:
  • Posted by wren (Jacksonville, Florida) on Jan 12, 2013 6:39 PM concerning plant:
    Remarkable Cold-hardy
    Bushy, strong grower

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