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Camellia japonica 'Daikagura'


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Camellia japonica 'Daikagura' features crazy ruffled flowers in variable shades of dark pink and white.


Description:
Camellia japonica is a stunning specimen for milder gardens with glossy, dark-green, broadly elliptic, evergreen leaves accented with lovely, rose-like flowers in early spring. 'Daikagura' features anemone-form to heavily ruffled flowers that can be mostly dark pink with white markings or mostly white with pink markings or anything in between all on the same plant! Grows 6-10 feet tall and 4-8 feet wide. Camellias appreciate rich, acidic, moist, well-draining soils. Use in the light shady garden as an accent or specimen plant, in containers and as cut flowers. Somewhat deer resistant.


Common Name: Camellia

Family: Theaceae (The Tea family)

Zone Hardiness: 7-10

Light: Part Sun, Part Shade, Full Shade

Height: 6-10'

Width: 3-5'

Primary Bloom Colour: White/Cream

Secondary Bloom Colour: Pink

Class: Evergreen

Type: Shrub

Bloom Time: Early Spring

Soil Moisture: Average, Moist

Stem Colour:

Fragrance: Yes

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Benefits:

Deer Resistant: Yes

BC Native: No

Native Habitat: A forest understory and forest edge shrub of hills and mountains from 300-1,100 metres elevation.

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Geogrpahical Origin: Asia and the Pacific - Asia - China and Japan

Miscellaneous - Garden Origin

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