2. Botanical Name CAMELLIA JAPONICA

3. PRONUNCIATION  ka - MEAL- yah jah - PON - ih- kah

4. Common Name  Camellia Japonica

6. Family  Theaceae

7. Growth Habit  Shrub

8. Plant  Height 7’ - 12’  Width 5’ - 7’  Upright

9. Life Cycle  Evergreen Perennial

10. Exposure  Part Shade  Shade  Best in Northern Exposure

11. Zone  7 - 9

12. Arrangement  Alternate

14. Composition  Simple

15. Margin  Finely Serrated

16. Veins  Pinnate

18. Leaf  Elliptical  Length 3” - 4”  Width 2”

20. Texture  Medium

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

23. Fruit  Fall  Brown Capsule

25. Growth  Medium

26. Use  Hedge  Specimen

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

29. Cultural Practices  Plant in spot that gets no early morning sun.  In clay, plant shallow  Moist Soil

31. Problems  Tea scale

33. Native of  Asia