(Atomic Red Camellia, Camellia, Japanese Camillia)

Plump, round, bright red flowerbuds followed by brilliant red flowers are the hallmarks of 'Atomic Red' camellia. The medium-sized, semi-double flowers are prolific and open to show a flush of golden stamens. Spent flowers fall to the ground creating floral litter on lawns or pavement. This broadleaf evergreen shrub develops slowly, developing an open, upright habit when mature. Its leaves are a bit narrower than those of most other Japanese camellias, too. Hugh Shackelford of Albany, Georgia selected...

(Ave Maria Camellia, Camellia, Japanese Camellia)

The large flowers of ‘Ave Maria’ are double, peony form blooms of pale, silvery pink and flower from late winter to early spring. It is relatively tall and has an upright, spreading habit.

Japanese camellia is a large, broadleaf evergreen shrub to small tree that originates from eastern Asia. It has attractive smooth gray branches that are furnished with oval, glossy, dark green leaves. From late winter to early spring, it bears large, waxy flowers that are excellent for cutting.

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(Aztec Warrior Camellia, Camellia, Japanese Camillia)

Bright scarlet, ball-like flowers with curled petals appear on the 'Aztec Warrior' in late winter. Two different petal sizes make the semi-double flowers look plump and rounded. Once fully open, golden yellow stamens peek out among the petals. The oldest flowers drop off and litter the ground. This broadleaf evergreen shrub develops slowly, maintaining a rounded, upright habit when mature. Its leaves are a lighter green than those of most other Japanese camellias, too. Alec and Alice Horne of Moncks...

(Barbara Colbert Camellia, Camellia, Japanese Camillia)

The large, early to midseason, semi-double blooms of 'Barbara Colbert' have rose-pink petals and yellow anthers. Originating from a cross between 'Jessie Katz' and 'Wildwood', it was raised and selected by Ralph E. May of Fernandina, Florida. This cultivar 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, upright, medium to large shrub has ascending, gray-barked...

(Berenice Beauty Camellia, Camellia, Japanese Camillia)

Resembling miniature peony blossoms, the medium-large, semi-double blooms of 'Berenice Beauty' are delicate pale pink with deeper pink edges. Fully open flowers show a core of golden stamens. This broadleaf evergreen shrub grows more vigorously than other selections and develops an upright habit when mature.

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

(Berenice Boddy Camellia, Camellia, Japanese Camillia)

The semi-double, midseason blooms of 'Berenice Boddy' have pale pink petals with deeper pink undersides. This cultivar originated at Rancho del Descanso in LaCanada Flintridge, 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 vigorous, upright, large shrub has ascending, gray-barked branches and oval, glossy, dark-green leaves with serrated edges....

(Bernadette Camellia, Camellia, Japanese Camellia)

Rich coral-pink, peony-like flowers don 'Bernadette' in late winter. This cultivar was selected as a chance seedling growing in the garden of Albert Ewan in Charleston, South Carolina in the latter half of the 20th century. Its cheerful blooms are medium to large and semi-double with a core of yellow stamens. This broadleaf evergreen shrub develops an upright, open habit when mature.

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

(Betty Foy Sanders Camellia, Camellia, Japanese Camellia)

The semi-double, white flowers of the 'Betty Foy Sanders' have fine splatters of coral-red across their petals and centers with ornate ivory and gold stamens. This broadleaf evergreen shrub develops slowly, adopting a rounded, upright habit when mature. Unlike the plain medium to dark green leaves of other Japanese camellias, its are light green, wavy and twisted. Fred H. Smith selected this chance seedling in the mid-20th century and named it for the wife of the Georgia Governor, Carl Sanders.

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(Betty Sheffield Blush Camellia, Camellia, Japanese Camellia)

The camellia ‘Betty Sheffield Blush’ bears large, pale-pink blooms with deep pink veining and golden stamens. Each flower has numerous ruffled petals arrayed in "loose peony" form. Flowering occurs mid- to late-season (late winter to spring). This sport of 'Betty Sheffield' originated about 1950 at Thomasville Nurseries, Thomasville, Georgia. It develops slowly into a dense, upright, medium-sized shrub with oval, glossy, dark green leaves and attractive gray-barked branches. It is one of thousands...

(Betty Sheffield Supreme Camellia, Camellia, Japanese Camellia)

The large, peony-form blooms of ‘Betty Sheffield Supreme’ are rosy pink edged in white and bloom in the middle-of-the-winter to early-spring flowering season. The large shrub has an upright, dense habit and matures to a medium size. Mrs Green Alday of Georgia selected this sport mutation off of 'Betty Sheffield' in the mid-20th century.

Japanese camellia is a large, broadleaf evergreen shrub to small tree that originates from eastern Asia. It has attractive smooth gray branches that are furnished...