Botanical Name CAMELLIA JAPONICA

PRONUNCIATION  ka - MEAL- yah jah - PON - ih- kah

Common Name  Camellia Japonica

Family  Theaceae

Growth Habit  Shrub

Plant  Height 7’ - 12’  Width 5’ - 7’  Upright

Life Cycle  Evergreen Perennial

Exposure  Part Shade  Shade  Best in Northern Exposure

Zone  7 - 9

Arrangement  Alternate

Composition  Simple

Margin  Finely Serrated

Veins  Pinnate

Leaf  Elliptical  Length 3” - 4”  Width 2”

Texture  Medium

Flower  Early Spring  Red, Pink, White and shades  Singles and doubles

Fruit  Fall  Brown Capsule

Growth  Medium

Use  Hedge  Specimen

Description  Leaf is larger than Camellia sasanqua  Thick and glabrous  Many cultivars

Cultural Practices  Plant in spot that gets no early morning sun.  In clay, plant shallow  Moist Soil

Problems  Tea scale

Native of  Asia