Camellia japonica

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Lifespan: perennial
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Read about Camellia japonica in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Camellia japonica. Linn. (Thea japonica, Nois.). Shrub or tree, sometimes to 40 ft., glabrous: lvs very shining and dark green above, ovate or elliptic, acuminate, sharply serrate, 2—4 in. long: fls. red in the type, 3-5 in. across: petals 5-7, roundish. China, Japan. Var. alba. Lodd. Fls. white. Var. alba-plena, Lodd. Fls. white, double. Var. anemoniflora, Curtis. Fls. red, with 5 large petals, the stamens changed into numerous smaller and narrow petals; the whole fl. resembling that of a double anemone.Var. magnoliaeflora, Hort. Fls. pale rose, semi-double, with 12-15 petals rather narrow and half upright. Var. apucaeformis, Rehd. (C. apucaeformis, Jacob Mackoy). Lvs. bifid at the apex. CH


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