Camellia japonica ‘Midnight’ is a mid-season flowering variety with striking black-red blooms that open to vivid crimson. Its semi-double to elegans flowers are accented with golden stamens. This variety produces an abundance of flowers against deep green foliage, making it perfect as a specimen tree, hedge, or container plant. Camellia japonica is evergreen and native to mainland China, Taiwan, southern Korea, and southwestern Japan. Learn more about Camellia japonica. Camellia japonica ‘Midnight’ originated as a chance seedling that first bloomed in 1955 and was developed by Nuccio’s Nurseries in Altadena, California, USA.