Camellia japonica 'Swan Lake'
Camellia japonica 'Swan Lake' has beautiful, double flowers in shades of pure white and cream from mid to late season.
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. 'Swan Lake' has beautiful, double flowers in shades of pure white and cream from mid to late season. The flowers are 5 inches wide. Camellias appreciate rich, acidic, moist, well-draining soils. Use in the light shady garden as an accent or specimen plant, a hedge, or an espalier, or 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: 5-8'
Primary Bloom Colour: White/Cream
Secondary Bloom Colour: White/Cream
Class: Evergreen
Type: Shrub
Bloom Time: Late Winter - Early Spring
Soil Moisture: Average, Moist
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: No
Berries:
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.
Award:
Geogrpahical Origin: Asia and the Pacific - Asia - China and Japan
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