What camellia varieties are there? Every one of them is beautiful

Camellia is a traditional Chinese ornamental flower and one of China's ten famous flowers. Its flower shapes are elegant and diverse, its colors are bright and varied, its blossoms are graceful in many forms, and its fragrance is captivating. It is known as the “lovely guest among flowers” and is extremely popular. So, what camellia varieties are there?

1. Introduction to camellia!

1. When does camellia bloom?

Camellia, also called camellia flower, is an evergreen shrub or small tree of the family Theaceae. Its petals are bowl-shaped, single or double, and its flower colors include red, purple, white, yellow, and bicolored. It generally begins blooming in October and finishes blooming in May of the following year, with the peak blooming period from January to March, and each flower blooms for about 15 days.

2. Where is camellia the city flower?

Camellia is the city flower of Chongqing; Kunming, Yunnan; Ningbo, Wenzhou, and Jinhua, Zhejiang; Jingdezhen, Jiangxi; Longyan, Fujian; and Hengyang, Hunan. It is the prefecture flower of the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan, and the provincial flower of Yunnan.

2. What camellia varieties are there?

1. According to flower color, they are divided into red, yellow, white, pink, red-and-white, golden, purple, and so on. Even red is not all the same and can be divided into bright red, peach red, light red, azalea red, crane-crown red, deep red, and so on, and some have colored markings.

2. According to petals, they can be divided into 3 types: single, semi-double, and double. Single types have 5-7 petals, semi-double types have around 20 petals, with some having nearly 50, and double types have more than 50 petals.

3. According to flower form, they can be divided into 12 flower forms: single form, semi-double form, five-star form, lotus form, pinecone form, tuogui form, chrysanthemum form, hibiscus form, crown form, hydrangea form, radiate form, and rose form.

3. Which camellia varieties are beautiful?

1. Shibaxueshi: It is a treasure among camellias. Its flowers are double, and the flower colors are red, white, pink, and so on. Sometimes a single plant can bloom flowers of different colors at the same time. It is composed of more than 70-130 petals forming a hexagonal corolla, with the petals of two adjacent corners arranged in about 20 whorls, mostly 18 whorls, so it is called “Shibaxueshi”.

2. Hentiangao: It is the rarest and most precious variety among Yunnan camellias and is praised as the “king of camellias” and “chief of flowers” among Yunnan camellias. Its petals are nearly round, the flower color is deep peach red, the petal edges have a white halo, and the petals number 40-45, arranged in 7-8 whorls, with the petals gradually becoming smaller from outside to inside.

3. Juedaijiaren: It is one of the most ornamental pink camellia varieties. It is a giant flower, with flowers borne singly or in pairs in leaf axils or at branch tips, petals of the fully double type, and the color pink.

4. Bingshanxuelian: It is the most ornamental white camellia variety. It is a giant flower, with flowers borne singly or in pairs in leaf axils or at branch tips, petals nearly round, petals of the fully double type, and the flower color pure white.

5. Bixuedanxin: It is a camellia variety. It is a giant flower, with flowers borne singly or in pairs in leaf axils or at branch tips, petals nearly round, petals of the fully double type, and the flower color passionately fiery and brilliantly red like blood.

6. Heiguan: It is a camellia variety. It is a medium-sized flower, with petals of the rose double type, 50-60 petals arranged in more than 6 whorls, the flower color dark red, with obvious black-red veins.

7. Xueta: It is a camellia variety. It is a medium-sized flower, with a crown flower form, sometimes lotus form or tuogui form, petals in 8-9 whorls, the flower color pure white, with occasionally very pale yellow in the center.

8. Zhuangyuanhong: It is a camellia variety. It is a medium-to-small flower type, with a fully double flower form, 70% of the petals in the center curving inward and 30% of the petals on the outer part turning outward, and the flower color rose red.

9. Ganbeier: It is a very rare camellia variety with multiple colors on one tree and multiple colors on one branch. Its petals are bicolored full petals. Besides producing bicolored flowers of pink with red stripes, it can also produce pure red flowers, and the probability of producing multiple colors on one branch is relatively high.

10. Huopubu: It is a camellia variety. It is a large flower, with flowers terminal or axillary, petals double and fully peony-form, arranged in 2-6 whorls, the outer whorl filaments often fused in the lower half into a filament tube and connate with the petal base, and the flower color dazzling blood red.

11. Luanshijiaren: It is the most ornamental blue-toned camellia, also called blue coral. Its flowers are borne singly or in pairs in leaf axils or at branch tips, the petals are nearly round, and the flower form is brilliantly colorful.

12. Huamudan: It is a camellia variety. Its flowers are borne singly or in pairs in leaf axils or at branch tips, the petals are nearly round, arranged in 3-4 whorls, and the flower color is gorgeous, with white patches scattered on a bright red background, simply breathtaking.

The above is an introduction to camellia varieties, and I hope it is useful to everyone.