Select Camellia japonica Cultivars

Cultivar
Comments
Alba Plena Medium-sized; formal double white bloom with 100 or more petals; slow grower; early season
Betty Sheffield Medium to large; loose peony form with slightly wavy petals; white petals blotched and striped with red and pink; glossy, rich green leaves; mid-season
Betty Sheffield Supreme Large loose informal double bloom; white petals edged in pink to rose-red in picotee style; mid-season
Blood of China Deep salmon red; medium-sized semi-double to loose peony form blooms; some petals are irregularly twisted and curled; short bunch of golden stamens; late season
C.M. Wilson Soft powder pink blooms with deeper veining; mid-season
Debutante Medium-sized clear, light pink spherical peony form flowers; blooms early to mid-season
Dr. Tinsley Medium-sized semi-double bloom in various shades of pink; buds are brilliant pink; best grown in cooler climates; mid-season
Drama Girl Very large semi-double, deep salmon-rose blooms often streaked with paler pink; mid to late season
Gay Chief  
Governor Mouton Medium-sized, semi-double to loose peony, oriental red blooms sometimes splashed with white; vigorous; late flowering
Greensboro Red Light red, semi-double blooms; vigorous
Gullio Nuccio Large, rich coral-red blooms; weeping habit; early to mid-season
Herme Medium-sized, informal double, dark salmon-pink flower bordered with white and streaked with scarlet; mid-season
In The Pink Formal double, warm rose-pink with cyclamen veining; vigorous; mid to late season; wavy petals
Julie  
Kishu-tsubaki Fragrant single red blooms; shiny dark green leaves are divided and twisted at tip; vigorous; early to mid-season
Kramer's Supreme Large, full peony form; turkey red bloom; fragrant; mid-season
Lady Clare Large, semi-double carmine-rose bloom with a crepe texture; may have matching petaloids; early season; rapid grower with wide weeping growth; long, dark green, pointed and serrated leaves
Lady Vansittart Medium-sized semi-double white bloom flushed with rose-pink; broad, wavy petals; coarse, dark green, glossy, holly-like leaves; mid to late season
Mabel Bryan Semi-double to formal white to pale pink bloom with red spots or stripes; irregular fringed petals; vigorous; upright habit; mid-season
Miss Charleston Large, deep red semi-double blooms; high, swirling central mass of petaloids and stamens; mid to late season
Pink Perfection Small, formal double; pale shell pink; mid to late season
Professor Sargent Peony form, glowing dark red bloom; balled center; vigorous; free flowering; early season
R.L. Wheeler Large, semi-double to anemone form; rich rose-pink bloom frequently has splashes of white; mid to late season
Rev. John Drayton Carmine-rose, semi-double blooms; late season
Silver Waves Large, pure white, semi-double blooms; often has wavy indentations; may have a sunburst of stamens in center; upright, vigorous plant; mid-season
Tiffany Large, ruffled, loose peony form; blooms orchid-pink to deeper shades of pink with a touch of gold; swirled and upright petals; mid to late season