Camellia japonica Large Shrubs or in a large container

or in a large container for a covered porch

dim spot where a full-sized fern would overwhelm

so even between bloom and a fragrance you can rely on

Cut back in late winter to keep the shrub bushy

In the warm months the shrub carries dense terminal heads of small

Camellia japonica Large Shrubs or in a large containerAn honest admission to start: we do not know her name. Camellia japonica has been bred and named for the better part of three centuries, the roll of registered cultivars runs well into the thousands, and behind those stand thousands more good selections that were grown, loved, handed over a fence, and quietly parted from their labels along the way. This is one of the latter, a pale pink japonica of real quality and no surviving paperwork, the kind of