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Though Camellias are native to a limited mountain range in the tropical and sub - tropical regions of East Asia and South - East Asia , they have been hybridize in Europe and the United States.1Camellia japonica . ( n.d.-c ) . Missouri Botanical Garden . Retrieved March 13 , 2023 , fromhttps://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=287331
A hundred ago Camellia flowers used to be just about the most fashionable in Europe .
Camellia‘Inspiration’
As popular as Camellia industrial plant still are in many a European country , they are even more popular in the American South and California.2Bender , S. ( 2022 , November 13).The Complete Guide To Camellias . Southern Living . Retrieved March 13 , 2023 , fromhttps://www.southernliving.com/garden/camellias
As a result of their popularity , there are 230 Camellia metal money , whilst loan-blend and cultivar issue over 20,000!3Camellia . ( n.d . ) . Kew Royal Botanic Gardens . Retrieved May 2 , 2023 , fromhttps://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:39017-1#children
“ When asked which is his favourite camellia , my husband always answer : ‘ the one I saw last ’ , ” say Patricia Short from the International Camellia Society .
C. japonica‘San Dimas’
“ My favourite variety ? I could n’t peradventure choose .
“ I have sex the dissimilar flower forms of camellias , from single purity to formal elegance . Also , some cultivars have a scent , which is a true delight ” .
“ I haveCamellia‘Inspiration’in my own garden as it flowers from January to April and is always cover in flush every year , ” shares Lorraine Summers from Trehane Nursery .
“ Betty Foy Sandersis striped and that ’s endearing as well . San Dimasis a lovely disconsolate red with chickenhearted stamen .
“ There are too many to choose from ! ”
The most famous coinage , and the I from which most cross and cultivars descend , areC. japonicaandC. sasanqua .
Underneath we review these two species plus more kind opt for their marvellous bloom .
1)C. japonica
Native to Southern China , Japan , and the Koreas , growing in nature on wooded hillsides.4Camellia japonica . ( n.d.-d ) . Kew Royal Botanic Gardens . Retrieved March 13 , 2023 , fromhttps://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:828524-1
Its distinctive height is 5 - 6 m though it can attain much taller heights .
The distinctly leathered , calendered farewell are benighted fleeceable .
The showy flowers have a comparatively robust look about them ; they consist of six or seven petal and are white or in tones of rose - Marxist .
They are 5 - 9 centimetre in diameter , while some cultivars ’ flowers are up to 12 centimetre across .
It blooms from the middle of winter to the end of Spring . It is not a profuse bloomer but flowers are relatively long - permanent .
2)C. sasanqua
Native to Japan , it too is found in nature on wooded hillsides.5Camellia sasanqua . ( n.d . ) . Kew Royal Botanic Gardens . Retrieved March 13 , 2023 , fromhttps://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:927409-1
Its typical height is up to 4 m and seldom gets very tall .
The serrated leaf are glossy and of a thick - green hue .
The heyday , though showy , are less so than those ofC. japonica .
They have a more delicate look , and the five to eight petals are commonly ruffled or flute .
Flowers are 5 - 7 cm in diameter , while some cultivar ’ bloom are up to 10 cm across .
blossom time is early Autumn to mid - Winter – they are very profuse bloomer but a flower lasts only two or three day .
Clearly , C. japonicaandC. sasanquaare nature - made accompaniment of one another .
Because sub - species and cultivars in the main inherit the parent species ’ characteristic , these two species ’ derivative complement each other wondrous well .
3)C. chrysantha
This is not a cultivar but a distinct species that is native to China and Vietnam .
Unlike the other Camellias list below , this one ’s as common as hen ’s tooth .
“ Camellia chrysanthais now on my watch list as I ’ve never seen it in cultivation before , ” shares Colin Skelly , a Horticultural Consultant with over 13 years of experience .
“ Whilst I like the tried and tested , there ’s nothing like trying something rarified and more unusual and look on people endeavor to identify your prize specimen ! ”
If you may find a plant it will reach out your garden ’s Camellia bloom time of year clear into April .
On top of that , the semi - double bloom will introduce possibly the rarest colour for a Camellia to your collection : yellow !
4)C. japonica‘Akashigata’
A intermediate - sized shrub though its flush are anything but .
Up to 12 curium in diam , they are among the largest but that is not this industrial plant ’s only attraction .
The semi - double form heyday has a somewhat delicate appearance and is magnificently coloured ; it roam from pastel pink to deep , deep rose - pinko .
5)C. sasanqua‘Plantation Pink’
Of unsloped riding habit and robust appearance , this plant bears single to semi - double flower whose fragile show contrasts with that of the plant .
The stamens form a key jaundiced disk which sets off the soft pinkish petals .
Quite often they are not exactly pink but a quality of bluish - pink that is unusual and extremely appealing .
6)C. sasanqua‘Winter’s Snowman’
The plant is magnanimous , the flower fragrant , and the stamens distinctly fewer and less large than in most varieties , and often hidden by a folded or sashay petal .
This clever secrecy forget the saturated , snow-covered white of the semi - double peak to make an even great visual impact .
7)C.xwilliamsii‘E.G. Debbie’
Could just as well be named ‘ Pink Perfection ’ .
hold a hue that is the very definition of pink and boasting perfect symmetry in its moderately prim - looking courtly double blossom , it projects both softness and grace .
The upright and neat habit of the plant life only tally to the overall perfection .
8)C. sasanqua‘Apple Blossom’
One of the under - denounce Camellia varieties .
There is also aC. japonica‘Apple Blossom ’ .
Against a background of darker - than - usual glossy foliage , the semi - double flush looks absolutely enrapture .
It is of a gradated tonus , starting snowy white near the center , develop pinkish tinges and tints , and finishing with rose wine pink at the edges .
9)C. japonica‘Nuccio’s Gem’
make the word ‘ beau ideal ’ to come to mind again , or the word ‘ stunning ’ .
One scarcely pays paying attention to the shrub ’s height or habit because this schematic double is a pure , snowy white from centre to edge .
Even an imperfect specimen may lead astray you into thinking that you are admiring a flower grave from Parian marble .
10)C. japonica‘Magnoliaeflora’
A cultivar dating from well over a century ago ; it is of medium height and spreading substance abuse .
The semi - double flowers are among the loveliest ; to begin with they acquaint an remarkably symmetric face .
However , their unparalleled beauteousness deduct from their very pale pink - purple - blue tones .
‘Bartley Pink’
11)C. japonica‘Margaret Davis’
Of upright habit with glossy bronze - green foliage behind a dazzler of a prime .
In peony phase , it is creamy white with rose - red edging as if stroked with a fine brush , and the red ‘ bleed ’ into the white makes the bloom even more arresting .
This edging is present on all the petals and not just the outer ones .
‘Chinsingganzai’
12)C. japonica‘Eleanor Martin Supreme’
An exhibit – for those who say that the Camellia blossom present a ‘ sculptured ’ prospect , Eleanor Martin Supreme shows off the ‘ marbling ’ .
This unusual and beautiful American cultivar bear large semi - double bicoloured flowers that expose white ‘ marbling ’ ( or dappling ) on a blush wine - pink background – or is it the other way round ?
13)C. japonica‘Higo Okan’
Now if marbled blossom are not your cup of tea but bi - coloured blossom are , try this evergreen shrub , the Camellia of the Samurai .
As the stamens are even more legion and prominent than usual , this unmarried - form flower effectively has a fundamental magnetic disc in yellow , snow white petals , and an edging or bordering of varying heaviness in tint of hard garden pink to scarlet .
14)C. japonica‘Masayoshi’
Another bi - non-white variety but of an wholly different sort .
The plant is smallish and compact , and yet again the bloom are at the other extremum , being 12 cm broad .
Of semi - doubled form , the heyday display delicious bleeds , flecks , striping , dapple , and splashes of Andrew D. White on a red background .
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