Today is November eleventh--Singles Day .Singles Day is a shopping festival in China.If you’re going to confess on Singles Day,the first choice for sending flowers must be roses,but we’re not talking about roses today.Today we talk about the lucky flowers of November 11th--Camellia.
Other common names:camellia 'Quintessence'
Family:Theaceae
Genus:Camellia are evergreen shrubs with simple, ovate, glossy, leathery leaves and showy flowers with solitary or clustered flowers early in the year
Details:Quintessence' is a compact, spreading, evergreen shrub to around 1m tall with glossy, oval, dark green leaves. Musk-scented, small, white, semi-double flowers flushed with pink are borne from late winter to early spring
How to grow
Cultivation Suitable for woodland and acidic soils. Position in a site sheltered from cold, dry winds and early morning sun as buds and flowers may be damaged by cold winds and late frosts see camellia cultivation
Propagation Propagate by semi-hardwood cuttings
Suggested planting locations and garden types Flower borders and beds Ground Cover Low Maintenance City & Courtyard Gardens Cottage & Informal Garden Patio & Container Plants
How to care
PruningPruning group 8
Pests May be attacked by aphids, scale insects and vine weevil
Diseases May be affected by honey fungus, phytophthora root rot, camellia gall, camellia leaf blight, camellia yellow mottle virus and flowers may be infected by camellia petal blight
