Japanese Camellia Japanese. Because plants are slow to establish it is best to dig a large hole 3 4 times larger than the root ball to reduce competition for water and. Its shapely habit handsome glossy foliage and fabulous flowers have attracted gardeners for hundreds of years in japan china and korea.
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Among warriors and samurai the red camellia symbolized a noble death. Japanese words for camellia include カメリア 椿 山茶花 玉椿 and ツバキ. It is the official state flower of alabama there are thousands of cultivars of c.
Genus camellia are evergreen shrubs with simple ovate glossy leathery leaves and showy flowers with solitary or clustered flowers early in the year.
Japanese camellias camellia japonica are one of the most recognized evergreen shrubs planted in southern gardens as the common name implies these beauties are native to the orient. There are some plants in japan that are known to be over 500 years old. The japanese camellia camellia japonica known as tsubaki in japan is more well known and has larger showier flowers than the earlier blooming camellia sasanqua which was featured previously october 2016 in this blog. The blooms can reach 5 in.
