Camellia japonica 'Mark Alan'
Camellia
Large, rose to wine-red, semi-double flowers from late-autumn to late-winter. Very free-flowering. Full sun or semi-shade.
Exotic
Evergreen
Hedging and screening
Attracts bees
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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 this species being first described by Engelbert Kaempfer (1651 - 1716) while he was in Japan. Carl Linnaeus (1707 - 1778) gave the specific epithet japonica to this species in 1753. In the wild, this species is not only found in Japan, but also in China, Taiwan, and Korea.
Cultivar: Camellia japonica 'Mark Alan'
Synonyms: Camellia japonica 'Mark Allen'
Common Name: Camellia
Description and Features
Description: Large, rose to wine-red, semi-double flowers from late-autumn to late-winter. Very free-flowering. Full sun or semi-shade.
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: Red
Winter: Red
Spring: None