(Camellia, Don-Mac Camellia, Japanese Camellia)

The dark red, crepe-like flowers of 'Don-Mac' are exquisitely ruffled and feminine. This cultivar originated as seedling nurtured by Sylvia Donahoo of Pensacola, Florida beginning in 1940. It bloomed for the first time in 1951. Each semi-double bloom has a yellowy crown of stamens in the center. This broadleaf evergreen shrub develops an upright oval habit when mature.

Treasured in eastern Asia for centuries, camellias were brought to the western world by Jesuit missionary and botanist Georg...

(Camellia, Double Red Camellia, Japanese Camellia)

Double Red camellia is an evergreen shrub to small tree with an upright to rounded form. Asian in origin, it provides year-round interest due to its glossy dark green leaves and smooth gray bark. From late winter to spring, its rounded buds open to present many large, red, formal double flowers. Prune plants shortly after they bloom.

Camellia prefers partial sun to partial shade but will tolerate full sun once established, though sunscald may be a problem. The soil should be moist, acid and well-drained....

(Camellia, Dr. J.C. Raulston Camellia, Japanese Camellia)

With flowers that look like red ruffled anemone blossoms, 'Dr. J.C. Raulston' is an especially pretty Japanese camellia for the garden. This cultivar originated as seedling nurtured at the Bond Nursery Corporation of Dallas, Texas, and was named for famed American horticulturist, J.C. Raulston. Each large, semi-double bloom has ruffled bright red to slightly red-orange petals and short petaloids. This broadleaf evergreen shrub develops an upright, dense, oval habit when mature.

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(Camellia, Drama Girl Camellia, Japanese Camellia)

The medium-sized Japanese camellia ‘Drama Girl’ has a vigorous, open habit with somewhat pendulous branches. Its large, semi-double blooms are salmon-rose and appear mid-season, from winter to spring. The blooms have yellow stamens and 20 to 30 heavily textured petals. It was selected in 1951 as a seedling of 'Latifolia Variegated', which originated in the California garden of Mrs Anne Galli.

Treasured in eastern Asia for centuries, camellias were brought to the western world by Jesuit...

(Camellia, Eleanor Grant Camellia, Japanese Camellia)

The Japanese camellia ‘Eleanor Grant’ is vigorous, has an upright to spreading habit and is of medium height. Its large, semi-double blooms have 10 wavy, ruffled petals of bright pink surrounding a heart of gold stamens. They appear early to mid season from winter to spring. The chance seedling first flowered 1957 and was discovered by Mrs Adam Grant of Dotham, Alabama.

Treasured in eastern Asia for centuries, camellias were brought to the western world by Jesuit missionary and botanist Georg...

(Camellia, Eleanor Hagood Camellia, Japanese Camellia)

The medium-sized camellia ‘Eleanor Hagood’ is vigorous, cold hardy, slow-growing and long-lived with an upright habit. Its medium to large, double, formal blooms are pale pink. The flowers appear late in the season, from late-winter to spring. First described in 1941, it originated as a seedling from Magnolia Gardens in Charleston, South Carolina.

Treasured in eastern Asia for centuries, camellias were brought to the western world by Jesuit missionary and botanist Georg Joseph Kamel, for whom...

(Camellia, Champagne Camellia, Japanese Camellia)

The large "anemone-form" blooms of 'Elegans Champagne' have white petals surrounding a central mound of white and cream "petaloids." The early to midseason blooms appear from winter into spring. This chance sport of 'Elegans Splendor' was selected by Nuccio's Nurseries, Altadena, California, in 1970. 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 weak-growing,...

(Camellia, Elegant Camellia, Japanese Camellia)

The large "anemone-form" blossoms of 'Elegans Splendor' are soft pink with serrated edges. The early to midseason blooms appear from winter into spring. This sport of 'C. M. Wilson' was selected by Nuccio's Nurseries, Altadena, California. 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 weak-growing, small to medium-sized shrub has spreading, gray-barked branches...

(Camellia, Elizabeth Dowd Camellia, Japanese Camellia)

The large, double, "rose-form" flowers of the camellia 'Elizabeth Dowd' are white with pink flecks. The midseason blooms appear from mid-winter into spring. Selected in 1959 by H. E. Ashby of Charleston, South Carolina, this cultivar originated as a chance seedling in 1950. 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...

(Camellia, Finlandia Variegated Camellia, Japanese Camellia)

The large, semi-double, midseason blooms of 'Finlandia Variegated' are white with a few crimson spots and streaks. This cultivar is thought to have arisen in Japan in the early twentieth century. 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 moderate-growing, upright, medium to large shrub has ascending, gray-barked branches and oval, dark-green leaves with...