Japanese Camellia (Camellia japonica) Shrub - Varieties - Plants and Shrubs for Gardening

Japanese Camellia (Camellia japonica) Shrub - Varieties

Japanese Camellia (Camellia japonica) Shrub - Varieties - Plants and Shrubs for Gardening. The Japanese Camellia remains a classic and extremely popular flowering plant, with over 3000 varieties. Botanically it belongs to the Theaceae family (syn. Camelliaceae), and - despite its name - it originates from China. It is a woody, evergreen, perennial shrub or small to medium-sized, slow-growth rate, oval-shaped tree. The leaves are simple, leathery, elliptic-ovate in shape, with slightly serrated margins, and are green in colour. The magnificent long flowering period is usually from mid-autumn to late spring (depending on the variety) with beautiful, stellate flowers of various colours of great ornamental value. And although its flowers generally lack fragrance, however breeders have managed to create varieties with slightly fragrant flowers such as Camellia japonica 'Blood of China' and almost all the plants in the 'Kramer's' series. The flowers are succeeded by brown-purple capsule fruits. The Japanese Camellia is a relatively easy-to-grow shrub. It grows in almost any soil type, acidic to slightly acidic - but not calcareous - with excellent drainage and a high organic matter content. It is recommended to be planted in places that are not exposed to air currents. The Japanese Camellia can be used both in gardening and in landscape architecture, planted as specimen, in groups and also in compositions with other plants. It makes very attractive hedges - formal or informal.

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BRIEF INFORMATION FOR JAPANESE CAMELLIA

 

	FOLIAGE	Evergreen
	HEIGHT	1.20 - 3.00 (up to 15) m
	DIAMETER	1.00 - 4.00 m
	EXPOSURE	Half-Shade
	MINIMUM TEMPERATURES	From -12 to -15 °C
	WATERING	Regular
	SOIL	Medium
	SOIL pH	Acidic to Slightly Acidic (5.5 - 6.5)
	FLOWERS	Yellow, Orange, Red, Purple, White, Pink
	FLOWERING SEASON	Mid Autumn to Late Spring
	SEASIDE PLANTING	No

 

 

VARIETIES OF JAPANESE CAMELLIA

Camellia japonica 'Anticipation'

'Anticipation' (syn. Camellia x williamsii 'Anticipation') blooms profusely and over a long period, from October to May. It has large pink peony-type flowers.

Camellia japonica 'Audusson'

'Audusson' (syn. Camellia japonica 'Adolphe Audusson') has beautiful large red semi-double flowers in March-April. It attains dimensions of 1.50 x 1.50 m within 10 years.

Camellia japonica 'Bella Romana'

The variety 'Bella Romana' produces impressive and large-very large flowers, typically double to peony in form. They are two-tone white-pink flowers that run through strong carmine-red stripes.

Camellia japonica 'Blood of China'

'Blood of China' displays fragrant deep red semi-double flowers with yellow stamens. It blooms from winter to late spring, attracting butterflies to its flowers.

Camellia japonica 'Compte de Gomer'

The variety 'Compte de Gomer' is a compact shrub about 3-4 m tall and 1.5-2.5 m in diameter. Its medium-sized, double flowers are bi-colored with a white-pink color that varies with bright pink stripes and spots.

Camellia japonica 'Debbie'

Camellia japonica 'Debbie' (syn. Camellia x williamsii 'Debbie') bears large semi-double-peony-type flowers, which are deep, bright pink in color. Its flowering is observed from January to March.

Camellia japonica 'Debutante'

Camellia 'Debutante' produces medium-sized, peony-type flowers that are pure, pale pink in color. The plant blooms from February to March.

Camellia japonica 'Freedom Bell'

The variety 'Freedom Bell' (syn. Camellia x 'Freedom Bell') is a compact shrub of small growth with dimensions of 1.20x1.00m. Flowering is observed from December to March, with single red flowers and yellow stamens.

Camellia japonica 'Kramer's Supreme'

'Kramer's Supreme' has large, slightly fragrant, bright red peony form flowers. It is one of the fragrant Camellia cultivars in the Kramer's series introduced to the market in 1957 by the American California Kramer Bros. Nurseries.

Camellia japonica 'Mathotiana'

'Mathotiana' has large, bright pink, double flowers. It blooms both in spring, where its flowers attract butterflies, and sporadically throughout the rest of the year. Once established, it shows great resistance to drought.

Camellia japonica 'Mathotiana Alba'

The variety of Camellia 'Mathotiana Alba', has flowers, in the form of typically doubles. Flowering is observed in Spring.

Camellia japonica 'Nobilissima'

'Nobilissima' has double white flowers with a cream center. It is of very large growth since it can reach a height of 9 m and a diameter of 8 m. It blooms during the months of January - March.

Camellia japonica 'Principessa Baciocchi'

The Camellia variety 'Principessa Baciocchi' has large double red-purple flowers. It blooms from February to May but also sporadically throughout the year.

Camellia japonica 'Triomphant'

'Triomphant' has double flowers of an attractive pink colour. It blooms in the spring during the months of March - May.

Camellia japonica 'Valtevareda'

The Camellia variety 'Valtevareda' is one of the most classic and oldest of its kind since it first appeared in Italy around 1850. It has large double bright pink flowers. It blooms from April to May.

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