Camellia japonica 'Kramer's Supreme'
Camellia




Deep-red buds open to magnificent, peony-like, rosy-red flowers with a delightful fragrance. The blooms create a dazzling contrast against the glossy, dark-green foliage, brightening lightly-shaded settings. Flowers from early to late-winter. Stunning in woodland borders and foundation plantings, or as a hedge.
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Taxonomy and Etymology
Family: Theaceae, tea family, a family of flowering trees and shrubs. Most but not all species are native to China and East Asia.
Genus: Camellia, camellia (Latinised), named by Carl Linnaeus (1707 - 1778) after the botanist Georg Joseph Kamel (1661 - 1706), who worked in the Philippines and described a species of camellia. Commonly known as camellia, a genus of flowering plants native to eastern and southern Asia.
Species: Camellia japonica, jāpōnica (Latin, adjective), meaning 'Japanese, of or relating to Japan', in reference to the species being first described by Engelbert Kaempfer (1651 - 1716) while he was in Japan. Carl Linnaeus (1707 - 1778) gave the specific epithet japonica to the species in 1753. In the wild, the species is not only found in Japan, but also in China, Taiwan, and Korea.
Cultivar: Camellia japonica 'Kramer's Supreme'
Common Name: Camellia
Description and Features
Description: Deep-red buds open to magnificent, peony-like, rosy-red flowers with a delightful fragrance. The blooms create a dazzling contrast against the glossy, dark-green foliage, brightening lightly-shaded settings. Flowers from early to late-winter. Stunning in woodland borders and foundation plantings, or as a hedge.
Height: 3m
Width: 2m
Uses: Hedging and screening, Attracts bees
Winter Foliage: Evergreen
Origin: Exotic
Foliage:
Summer: Green
Autumn: Green
Winter: Green
Spring: Green
Flowers:
Summer: None
Autumn: None
Winter: Red
Spring: None