Camellia is an excellent potted plant, its flowers rival the peony in beauty, and its fragrance fills the room

Introduction

Potted green plants are essential decorative items for home life, they can beautify the room, freshen the air, and also cultivate the mind and nature. Keeping some flowers and plants at home has many benefits. "Flower Sound Potted Plant Diary · Issue 839" introduces you to a kind of plant with a rich floral fragrance whose flowers are no less beautiful than the peony.

Today's Highlight

The peony is the "king of flowers" and has always been highly regarded, but unfortunately it cannot be grown in pots. The only one that can compare with the peony is probably the woody plant camellia, as the saying goes, "Everyone says the peony is beautiful, but I say the peony is not as good as the camellia." Among the many camellias, there is one variety that looks very much like the peony, and this is the 'Kramer's Supreme' large peony camellia.

Kramer's Supreme Large Peony Camellia

Kramer's Supreme Large Peony Camellia, an evergreen shrub of the family Theaceae, has huge flowers, with the largest flower diameter reaching 13 cm, and petals that are nearly round, the outer whorl of petals broad and large with nearly rounded tips, shaped like a peony, hence the name. The flower color is a vivid bright red, with a rich fragrance, and it is the most fragrant camellia apart from 'Scentsation'. With large flowers and brilliant color, its fragrance overflowing, it is in no way inferior to the peony.

Long flowering period, strong fragrance

Kramer's Supreme Large Peony Camellia has a very long flowering period, from November to May of the following year, and a single flower can last for one month, giving an extremely long viewing period, especially in hot weather when the fragrance grows stronger. It blooms early, flowering from the seedling stage, and it branches abundantly, with flowers on almost every branch, so it easily covers the branches with blooms.

Easy to cultivate

Kramer's Supreme Large Peony Camellia is a horticultural variety bred in the United States, with robust traits and strong adaptability, and it is one of the most vigorous red camellia varieties known today, able to send out 3-4 flushes of shoots a year, growing vigorously and easy to cultivate. It is one of the easiest camellias to grow, with good cold resistance and drought resistance, and it can also be cultivated in the northern regions of our country.

A single bloom can scent a whole room

Many camellias are beautiful but have no fragrance, or look good but are very hard to grow. Kramer's Supreme Large Peony Camellia, on the other hand, is an entry-level variety very suitable for beginners to cultivate, and also a must-have variety for camellia enthusiasts; it is easy to cultivate and is an excellent potted plant and fine material for bonsai. Displayed indoors, when it blooms its fragrance fills the whole house, letting you enjoy the flowers and the scent at the same time.