Camellia reticulata x fraterna 'Crimson Candles' 25/5 Restock Cloudless Sulphur and Sleepy Orange

Cloudless Sulphur and Sleepy Orange butterflies find the shrub irresistible as both nectar source and larval host

without late asters

for zones 8 to 10

lean sand and excellent drainage

sunny border

Camellia reticulata x fraterna 'Crimson Candles' 25/5 Restock Cloudless Sulphur and Sleepy OrangeThere is a quiet poetry in a camellia's defiance of the cold, a flowering that comes not in spring's abundance but in the leanest stretch of the year. Few cultivars speak that winter sonnet as clearly as Camellia 'Crimson Candles', a hybrid of Camellia reticulata and Camellia fraterna. The cross came from the careful hands of Dr. Clifford Parks of Camellia Forest Nursery, a pivotal figure in American camellia breeding with deep ties to research at the