General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Pollinators: Bees

Image
Common names
  • Japanese Camellia
  • Fishtail Japanese Camellia
  • Camellia

Photo Gallery

Date: 2013-03-03
Flush of tender new growth on a rooted cutting

Date: 2013-03-03
The topside of the leaf structure shows the 'Fishtail'

Date: 2013-03-03
The underside of the leaf structure is very interesting
Comments:
  • Posted by lanakilaalexand (Holly Springs, North Carolina - Zone 7b) on Mar 5, 2013 2:16 PM concerning plant:
    My photos are of a cutting taken from a specimen at the JC Raulston Arboreteum in Raleigh, North Carolina in September 2012.

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