1. Botanical Name
CAMELLIA JAPONICA

2. PRONUNCIATION
ka - MEAL- yah jah - PON - ih- kah

3. Common Name
Camellia Japonica

5. Family
Theaceae

6. Life Cycle
Evergreen perennial

7. Growth Habit
Shrub
Height 7’ - 12’
Width 5’ - 7’
Upright

8. Arrangement and composition
Alternate and simple

9. Leaf
Ovate
Length 3” - 4”
Width 2”

11. Margin
Finely Serrated

12. Veins
Pinnate

15. Flower
Early Spring
Red, Pink, White and shades
Singles and doubles

17. Fruit
Fall
Brown Capsule

18. Exposure
Part Shade

20. Growth
Medium

21. Use
Hedge
Specimen

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

24. Cultural Practices Plant in spot that gets no early morning sun.
In clay, plant shallow
Propagate by cuttings

26. Problems
Tea scale

27. Zone
7 - 9

29. Native of
Asia