Camellia Shrubs
Camellia flowers begin appearing during winter warmups when few other flowering shrubs bloom. The Camellia japonica bush is a very popular and well known group of flowering evergreen shrubs that will be discussed first, before discussing the other group, Camellia sassanqua. These plants were introduced into America from the Orient where the C. x japonica had been hybridized as a flowering plant for centuries.
Camellia japonica flowers can grow in a flattened layer of flower petals with yellow clusters of stamens in the center, or in three dimensional layers of petals, called "double or semi-double" A camellia plant can begin flowering at a very early stage, even when only one foot tall, but this flowering shrub is very slow growing, a characteristic unlike most other evergreen shrubs that grow during the entire year. The C. x japonica blooms are normally teacup size, but camellia buds when "Gibbed" (treated with gibberellic acid drops from the local pharmacy) the flower size dramatically increases several-fold. The flower colors of C. x japonica are red, pink, white and variegated, and surprisingly, the eventual variegation in the flower color can be predicted to occur prior to flowering, if there are splotches of yellow or white variegation on the usual, dark green leaves. Most camellias are cold hardy from zone 8 thru 10, but have been known to survive zero degrees F in the January freeze of 1983, although the bushes were severely damaged and slow to recover. Winter freezes are unpredictable and freezing will occur intermittently, so that some winters the camellia plant will begin flowering during a winter warmup period, and then a sudden freeze will ruin the flowers on the exposed camellia bush, along with ruining some opening buds, but frosted, immature buds will flower later, so that flowering can recur several times during the seasons. Camellias seem to thrive best underneath the partial shade of Pine Trees and Oak Trees, but are sunburned when planted in full sun. Some very large camellias can be seen growing in the full sun at Tifton, Georgia; a result that their early life was shaded underneath shade trees that eventually died out or were removed by property owners, so that after removal of the shade trees, the camellias were left growing and isolated in the full sun. The root system of the camellia plant is very delicate and fibrous, like blueberry plants and azalea shrubs and must be kept shaded, cool and planted in shallow earth, never covering the emerging trunk with soil. Several popular and wonderful flowering hybrid camellia cultivars are: the red double flowered, "Professor Sargent", the crimson, "Mathotiana", the "Pink Perfection", "Debutante", and the white, "Alba Plena".
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Camellia Shrub Video, Etc.
Debutante camellias are featured in this video, and the pink ruffled circular flowers are double petaled, that are similar to roses. TyTy also carries many other camellia flower colors such as red, white, purple, and of course, pink. Camellia sassanqua begins to flower from early Sept. to March. Camellia japonica flowers later from December until April.
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Tomorrow Red Camellia Japonica
Camellia Shrubs are evergreen with large flowers and thick, serrated leaves. Camellia Sasanqua blooms in the autumn with petals that fall one at a time. Camellia japonica blooms in the spring and falls off as a whole flower. The scentless japonica species is considered the 'true' camellia by the Japanese.
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Camellia Shrubs Sale
Camellia shrubs are loaded with buds and will soon will burst forth in colors of red, pink, and white. A blooming period when few others plants flower. Order now before it's to late to plant. TyTy offers the flowering Camellia Shrubs that are loaded with blooms. Both kinds of Camellias (sasanqua and japonica) produce an array of colorful flowers.
The Camellia sassanqua in the Southern State gardens commonly called: “The Sassanqua” is a camellia bush that is different in many respects to the more historical and popular, Camellia japonica. The Sassanqua camellia has smaller leaves, smaller flowers and begins flowering earlier in the fall, sometimes in September, and the flowering ends earlier in the spring. The Sassanqua is somewhat more cold hardy, and this camellia shrub grows a little faster. When planted in rows the Sassanqua grows into a beautiful flowering privacy fence that totally blocks out the passing automobiles viewers and displays lush flowering, pastel blooms for several months. For landscaping projects, the Sassanqua bushes are relatively inexpensive shrubs to plant and can be containerized for growing inside the home or office. A few, good, recommended Sassanqua cultivars are: “Yuletide” red in color with yellow stamens in the center, “ Crimson King” red with yellow stamens at the center, “Jean May” white with a baby pink blush, and “Hugh Evans” a fragrant pink camellia plant with yellow stamens in the center.
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