| Botanical name | Camellia japonica (En variétés séléctionnées) |
| Common name | Japanese Camellia, Rose of winter |
| Category | cespuglio sempreverde |
| Origin | is native to Japan, Korea and China. In it native habitat it grows as an understory plant in forests |
| Bearing | evergreen winter flowering shrub with a bushy habit |
| Leaves | its dark green leathery leaves are ovate with serrulate margins and a cuneate tip, paler on the underside, up to 11cm long and 6cm broad. Its young branches are purple/ brown becoming grey with age |
| Soil | Camellia japonica prefers moist, humus rich, fertile, well-drained soils. It prefers neutral to acidic soils |
| Max Height | 8 m |
| Max Width | 7 m |
| note | the Camellia genus includes around 250 species, most of which are of great ornamental value. the etymological root of the binomial name Camellia is derived from and named after the botanist George Kamel. Japonica is derived from the Latin for Japan as it was first discovered there by Engelbert Kaempfer in the eighteenth century |
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