Camellias 5

lutchuensis Camellia (including Japan's southern Okinawa)

Grows to about 3 m in height. Small leaves about 40 mm in length. Very fragrant white flowers with a diameter of 50 mm white gold stamens and anthers. Not always easy to grow and Hardy not completely. Flowers late season.

Camellia japonica (Japan, Korea and eastern China)

The parent company of a number of varieties. May to 15 m in height growing in the wild. Widedeep green leaves up to 125 mm long elliptical. The color is variable but is usually red. increased slightly. Flowers mid-season. There are different breeds.

Camellia oleifera (northern India, southern China and Southeast Asia)

Grows to about 7 m high. medium-sized elliptical leaves with little or no teeth. Small white flowers with slightly twisted petals and yellow stamens. Mild fragrance. Flowers late season.

Camellia Pitard (SouthernChina)

Grows to about 7 m high. Media veined leaves up to 100 mm in length. Small white flowers blushed, pink or white rose. It blooms mid-season and the end.

Camellia reticulata (South China)

Hybridization is widely used. grows up to 15 m high in the wild. Big wide leaves elliptic with prominent veins (reticulated). 75 mm in diameter medium-pink flowers. It blooms mid-season and the end.

Camellia salicifolia (Hong Kong and Taiwan)

Grows to about 5 m high. 45 mmlong, narrow elliptic to oblong leaves with a very low tomentum. Loose white flowers with white stamens. Mild fragrance. Flowers late season.

Camellia saluenensis (South China)

Grows to about 5 m high. 45 mm long, narrow elliptical leaves. 50 mm in diameter, pinkish white flowers with little gold stamens. Individually or semi-double. Flowers late season.

Camellia sasanqua (Japan and Ryukyu Islands)

Grows to about 5 m high. The leaves are about 55detected mm long, usually narrow and clear. 50 mm diameter, white to pale pink flowers with yellow stamens. Occasionally slightly fragrant. Flowers early.

Camellia sinensis (from India to China and Southeast Asia)

The tea plant Camellia is the most commercially important. May grow to 15 m high, but usually kept much smaller. Leaf is variable, usually about 125 mm in length, but in mild climates can wet up to 225 mm long x 75 mm wide, strongly veined. WhiteFlowers (occasionally pink), about 40 mm in diameter with yellow stamens. Flowers early.

transnokensis Camellia (Taiwan)

An upright shrub to about 3 m in height. Small bronze-green leaves. Clusters of very small (25 mm in diameter) white flowers with white filaments and golden anthers. Rosebuds. Flowers late season.

Camellia Tsai (Southern China, Burma and Vietnam)

Grows to about 10 m clear height in nature, but usually much smaller gardens. 90 mm long polished bronze greenelliptical leaves. Slight weeping habit of growth. Clusters of small white flowers flushed pink. Mild fragrance. Flowers mid-season. Not strong enough.

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