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    Camellia japonica 'Elegans Supreme'

    Camellia japonica 'Elegans Supreme'

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    Camellia japonica 'Elegans Supreme' has large to very large, anemone-form blooms that are rose-pink.  Camellia japonica 'Elegans Supreme' has a mounded growth habit.

    • HARDINESS: zones 7-9
    • EXPOSURE: part shade
    • SIZE:  4-5'+
    • BLOOMING SEASON: Jan-Mar
    • SHIPPING SIZE: 1/2 gallon container. 35" plant.

    "American Camellia Yearbook, 1960, p.196, Reg. No.501: A 6 year old mutant of Elegans, originated by W.F. Bray, Pensacola, Florida, USA. Plant growth is spread­ing and dense with dark green leaves, 9.5 cm long x 4 cm wide. The red, anemone form flowers, 12-15 cm across x 3.8 cm deep, have 21 petals, 20-30 petaloids and yellow stamens. The flower is wine red, with ruffled and wavy petals. Blooms mid-season to late. Received the “Sewell Mutant Award” in 1966; the Arminter C. Cawood Camellia Japonica Award for 1976; the “William E. Woodroof Camellia Hall of Fame Award” in 1980 and the “William Hertrich Award” for 1967. Orthographic error: ‘Elgans Supreme’. For colour pho­tos see: American Camellia Yearbook, 1966 facing p.18; Macoboy, 1981, The Colour Dictionary of Camellias, p.54. The front cover New Zealand Camellia Bulletin, 1971, vol.VII, No.3 and the Ency­clopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.II, 1978, p.37, pl.50. There is also a variegated form. See note under Elegans Champagne. Chinese synonym: ‘Chaoji Saimudan’. (Peony Supreme)."

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