Pink Perfection Camellia Bush

A true heritage plant and favorite of southern gardeners pink perfection camellia is perhaps the most well known camellia japonica available. I still like my mother s version.

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Pink perfection camellia bush

Mama called it pink of perfection a term which i used into adulthood until i looked up the correct name in a botanical book. Pink perfection camellia x taylor s perfection is a hybrid offering soft pink flowers in winter in u s. It produces an abundance of gorgeous perfect fully double pink flowers in late winter and spring.

It can also be limbed up to form an attractive small evergreen tree that can be useful as a focal point specimen. Perfectly formed their rows are packed with luminous overlapping petals of the palest shell pink. One of the most popular camellias in victorian days camellia japonica pink perfection dates to the late 18th century and features extraordinarily beautiful formal double medium sized flowers.

She brought a cutting to my yard in atlanta ga in 1980 in honor of the birth of our first son. Department of agriculture plant hardiness zones 8 through 10. Compact with a moderate growth rate.

Pink perfection camellia japonica shrubs or camellia japonica pink perfection are a very popular evergreen shrub with gorgeous pale pink flowers that bloom in early spring. The plant has grown into a 4 x 5 shrub covered with the lovely pink blossoms year after year. Pink perfection is a mid size to large camellia that is useful to create colorful evergreen hedges or screens.

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