Camellia Japanese Flowers. Otherwise the red camellia means love. Camellia japonica known as common camellia japanese camellia or tsubaki in japanese is one of the best known species of the genus camellia sometimes called the rose of winter it belongs to the family theaceae.
Camellia pronounced k ə ˈ m ɛ l i ə or k ə ˈ m iː l i ə is a genus of flowering plants in the family theaceae they are found in eastern and southern asia from the himalayas east to japan and indonesia. Nobuo iwata getty images. Japonica in cultivation with many different colors and forms of flowers.
There are 100 300 described species with some controversy over the exact number there are also around 3 000 hybrids.
They were very popular with nobles during the edo period. The camellia is an early spring flower native to asia. Camellia japonica alba simplex has single white 8cm 3 inch flowers that bloom in winter. These flowers did not reach europe until the mid 1700s and made their way to north america shortly before the turn of the century.