Camellia edithae 'Heimudan' Check with George Now scattered and increasingly uncommon

Now scattered and increasingly uncommon in the wild

arching mound that takes deep shade without sulking

and unusually cold hardy for a citrus of lime character

'Winter's Star'

and female plants carry glossy red berries into winter when a male grows nearby

Camellia edithae 'Heimudan' Check with George Now scattered and increasingly uncommonMost gardeners who grow camellias know two of them. Camellia japonica opens in winter, C. sasanqua in autumn, and between the two a practiced collector can have flowers from October through March. What happens in April is generally someone else's problem. 'Heimudan' solves that problem. A cultivar of Camellia edithae, a species from the forests of southeastern China little known in Western gardens, this plant blooms in mid to late spring, through