(Camellia, Japanese Camellia, Silver Waves Camellia)

The cultivar ‘Silver Waves’ is vigorous growing, has an upright, bushy habit and is medium-sized. Large, semi-double blooms with wavy petals are white and appear mid- to late-season (mid- to late winter). Semi-double camellia blooms have at least two rows of overlapping petals surrounding a heart of gold reproductive structures.

Treasured in eastern Asia for centuries, Camellia was brought to the western world by Jesuit missionary and botanist Georg Joseph Kamel, for whom it is named....

(Camellia, Japanese Camellia, Spellbound Camellia)

Camellias are broadleaf evergreen shrubs much prized in warm climates for their abundant, showy flowers, but also their leaves, shapes, and longevity. This one, ‘Spellbound,’ is an upright, dense, slow-growing shrub with small, glossy, green leaves and pink flowers from late winter to early spring. Several ranks of overlapping rounded petals fill the flowers, making them look somewhat like a rose. Prune this shrub for shape and size as needed, but only right after the end of flowering. New buds for...

(Camellia, Japanese Camellia, Tom Knudsen Camellia)

The cultivar ‘Tom Knudsen’ has an upright habit and coarse visual texture. Large to medium-sized, formal-double and sometime rose-double blooms of velvety, dark red appear from mid- to late winter. Formal-double camellias have rows of overlapping petals and no golden reproductive structures visible in the middle. Rose double camellias have rows of overlapping petals and golden reproductive structures visible in the middle.

Treasured in eastern Asia for centuries, Camellia was brought...

(Camellia, Japanese Camellia, Victory White Camellia)

The camellia 'Victory White' produces large, white, peony-like blooms beginning in midwinter. This cultivar originated from seed imported from Japan and grown at Overlook Nurseries in Crichton, Alabama, in the early 1930s. It is one of thousands of named selections and hybrids of Camellia japonica, a broadleaf evergreen shrub that has long been grown and treasured in its native East Asia.

This vigorous, rounded, medium to large shrub has ascending, gray-barked branches and oval, glossy,...

(Camellia, Japanese Camellia, White By the Gate Camellia)

The cultivar ‘White by the Gate’ has an upright to spreading habit and is medium-sized. Medium, formal-double blooms are pure white and appear mid-season (late winter). Formal-double camellias have rows of overlapping petals and no golden reproductive structures visible in the middle of the flowers.

Treasured in eastern Asia for centuries, Camellia was brought to the western world by Jesuit missionary and botanist Georg Joseph Kamel, for whom it is named. It is a large, broadleaf...

(Camellia, Japanese Camellia, White Swan Camellia)

The cultivar ‘White Swan’ bears a profusion of blooms, has an upright to spreading habit and is medium-sized. Large, single blooms are white with fan-shaped petals and appear mid-season (late winter). Single camellias have only one row of petals surrounding a heart of golden reproductive structures.

Treasured in eastern Asia for centuries, Camellia was brought to the western world by Jesuit missionary and botanist Georg Joseph Kamel, for whom it is named. It is a large, broadleaf...

(Camellia, Japanese Camillia, Wildfire Camellia)

The medium-sized, semi-double, early to midseason blooms of 'Wildfire' have bright scarlet petals and yellow anthers. Introduced in 1963 by Nuccio's Nurseries in Altadena, California, it originated as in 1943 as a seedling of unknown parentage. It is one of thousands of named selections and hybrids of Camellia japonica, a broadleaf evergreen shrub that has long been grown and treasured in its native East Asia.

This relatively fast-growing, medium to large shrub has ascending, gray-barked...

(Camellia, Japanese Camillia, Yours Truly Camellia)

The medium-sized, semi-double, mid- to late-season blooms of 'Yours Truly' are pink with white edges and deep-pink veining. This sport of 'Lady Vansittart' originated in the 1940s. It is one of thousands of named selections and hybrids of Camellia japonica, a broadleaf evergreen shrub that has long been grown and treasured in its native East Asia.

This slow-growing, bushy, upright shrub has ascending, gray-barked branches and oval, glossy, dark-green leaves with wavy, serrated edges....

(Camellia, Fragrant Camellia)

Strong, delicious fragrance wafts from the numerous white flowers of Camellia lutchuensis from midwinter to early spring. It is sometimes ambiguously, but appropriately, dubbed the fragrant camellia because it is truly the most fragrant of them all. This evergreen shrub is native to the forests and thickets of southernmost China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan's Ryukyu Islands where winters are mild. Plant breeders prize this species for the development of fragrant Camellia hybrids,...

(Yellow Camellia)

For generations, western horticulturists had only heard of the seemingly mythical, yellow-flowered camellia. The seeds of Camellia nitidissima were finally released from China in the 1970s, much to the surprise and pleasure of the botanical and horticultural communities. This broadleaf evergreen shrub to small tree is native to a small, narrow area in the highland forests of southwestern China and northern Vietnam.

The leathery, elongated, oval leaves of this species are glossy, emerald...