The most worthwhile potted camellia to get: blooms in all four seasons, easy to grow and beautiful, and it can be grown in the north too
Introduction
Green plants and potted flowers are essential accents for home life; they beautify the room, freshen the air, and also soothe the mind and nurture character. Keeping some flowers and plants at home has many benefits. "Flower Voice Potted Plant Diary, Issue 838" takes you to know one of the most worthwhile camellias to get.
Today's star
Camellia is a traditional famous flower of China and one of the top ten famous flowers. It is treasured by the world horticultural community for its high ornamental value, and it is an ideal potted plant and excellent material for bonsai. The flower introduced today is called "Four Seasons Clasping-Stem Camellia" (Camellia amplexicaulis), an evergreen shrub in the Theaceae family, Camellia genus. It is an emerging potted camellia variety and is very popular.
Four Seasons Clasping-Stem Camellia
Four Seasons Clasping-Stem Camellia is native to Vietnam and is also distributed in Yunnan and Guangxi in China. It is named for blooming in all four seasons, and because its flowers resemble those of crabapple, it is also called Four Seasons Crabapple Camellia. Its flowers are flesh pink, the petals are especially thick, and it has bright golden-yellow stamens. It is single-petaled, a medium-sized flower, and when fully open the flower diameter is more than 10 cm, with a moderate floral fragrance.
Easy to cultivate
This variety has extremely strong adaptability. Everyone knows camellias are not easy to grow in northern China, but Four Seasons Clasping-Stem Camellia can also be maintained normally and bloom normally in northern regions (in pots). It is also very shade-tolerant, so indoor cultivation and care are no problem either. It can be called the easiest camellia to grow and is a variety very much worth getting, making up for the regret that flower lovers in the north cannot grow camellias.
Both flowers and leaves are beautiful
Four Seasons Clasping-Stem Camellia is a large-leaved plant. Its leaves are huge, like loquat leaves, and very glossy. The leaf base clasps the stem, making it highly ornamental, with both flowers and leaves beautiful. It offers better value than most green plants. Displayed indoors, it can freshen the air and absorb dust, and it also has flowers to admire, with blooming flowers bringing prosperity. Large-leaved plants are also believed in feng shui to guard wealth and bring wealth.
An excellent potted ornamental
Four Seasons Clasping-Stem Camellia has a unique flower shape. When it opens, it gives people a fresh, elegant, eye-catching feeling. It blooms in all four seasons, and its peak blooming period is around New Year's Day to the Spring Festival. The flower buds are bright red like red berries, very unique and beautiful. It is the ornamental camellia best suited for potting and for display as a Lunar New Year flower, and it can be grown well in the north too.