Catalog Description
Spectacular, anemone form blooms, light pink edged in white make a great contrast with the glossy, dark green evergreen foliage. A prized plant of the milder regions of the U. S. . Midseason. |
Design Ideas
This soft pink camellia deserves a place in high profile foundation planting or around outdoor living spaces in the backyard. Use it against a bare wall where it has room to grow, spread and bloom properly. Makes a fine plant under large, old shade trees with filtered canopies. May be inserted into sideyards for short range window view or integrated into a large shrub beds with other acid loving plants. Does exceptionally well beneath conifers where the acidic litter is most compatible. |
Companion Plants
|
Average Landscape Size
Moderate-growing to 6 to 8 ft. tall and wide, larger with age. |
Key Plant Benefits
Spectacular, anemone form blooms, light pink edged in white, make a great contrast with the glossy, dark green evergreen foliage. A prized plant of the milder regions of the U.S. |
Care Instructions
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Provide well drained soil, rich in organic matter. Feed with an acid fertilizer after bloom. Keep roots cool with a thick layer of mulch. |
Growth Conditions
| Growth Rate |
 Slow Growing |
| Growth Habit |
| Erect |
| Heat Zones |
High:
| 10 (>150 to 180 days) |
| Low: | 3 (>7 to 14 days) |
| Cold Hardiness |
| High: | 10 (30 to 40 F) (see map) |
| Low: | 8 (10 to 20 F) |
| Water Requirements |
| Water regularly, when top 3 in. of soil is dry. |
| Sun Exposure |
| Filtered sun |
|  |
|
Flowering
Flower or Bloom description:
Rosette, anemone form, edged with white
| Flower Color |
| Pink |
| Flowering Time/Season |
| Large blossoms December to February. |
|
Propagation
| Propagation Method |
1
| Cutting grown |
| Best time to Prune |
| Winter after flowering |
|
Attributes
Border Plant
Flowers for Cutting
Oriental Garden
Patio Container Plant
Shade Loving
Showy Flowers
Tolerates Acidic Soil
Winter Flowering
Woodland Garden
Year-round Interest |
Foliage
Leathery, glossy
| Foliage Shape | Elliptic |
| Normal foliage color | Green |
| Underside foliage | Green |
| Juvenile foliage | Green |
| Mature foliage | Green |
| New foliage | Green |
| Spring foliage | Green |
| Summer foliage | Green |
| Fall foliage | Green |
| Winter foliage | Green |
|
Plant Lore
The genus Camellia was named by Carolus Linnaeus who named it for a Moravian Jesuit missionary Georg Kamel, who cultivated an important garden of local medicinal plants on Philippine Island of Luzon in the 17th century. |
Plant History
The camellia clan is classified into the tea family, Theaceae and closely related to the tea camellia, C. sinensis. The genus Camellia was named by Carolus Linnaeus who named it for a Moravian Jesuit missionary Georg Kamel, who cultivated an important garden of local medicinal plants on Philippine Island of Luzon in the 17th century. There are about 80 species in the genus and all are native to eastern Asia. Kamel’s C japonica was imported into the Philippines it is native to China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. Engelbert Kaempher described the red flowers in gardens of China in 1712, which was verified by Robert Fortune later in 1847. It was not until 1815 that the first imported camellia shrubs bloomed in an England, but they did not become widely cultivated until the end of the century when avid breeding began. C. japonica was crossed with two other Chinese species, the highly variable flower color of C. saluensis, and potent red of C. reticulatus. Earlier flowering was obtained through the Japanese species C. sasanqua. Unlike many modern cultivars ‘Chandleri Elegans’ is considered synonymous with C. j. ‘Elegans,’ a plant introduced in 1822. That groups it with the earliest Camellias in Europe and therefore was likely developed in China and exported to Britain. |
New Plant
|