Camellia japonica ‘Midnight’

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. Camellia japonica ‘Midnight’ originated as a chance seedling that first bloomed in 1955 and was developed by Nuccio’s Nurseries in Altadena, California, USA.