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Ashton’s Pride is an autumn flowering camellia from the Ashton series bred by dr. Ackerman. It is a cross between a very hardy species camellia oleifera (cv. Plain Jane) and camellia sasanqua (cv. Santozaki). It produces medium large, 6-8 cm wide, soft pink, single flowers with yellow ...
IX - XI
1,5 - 2,5m
1,5 - 2,5m
semi-shade to shade
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Black Lace is an older and proved variety of hardy camellia, in fact one of the best reds available. Its is a hybrid of c.reticulata and c.williamsii and has so far withstood -20°C. Its fully double, dahlia-like flowers are rich red, and bloom from early April for 6 to 8 weeks if the plant ...
IV - V
1,5 - 3m
1,5 - 2,5m
semi-shade to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Ice Follies is a spring flowering hardy camellia from dr. Ackerman that first flowered in 1984 and was registered in 1992. It is a cross between c. x williamsii ‚November Pink‘ and c. oleifera. It produces large, 10-12 cm across, semi-double flowers. They are soft pink with a bit darker pink veins. ...
IV - V
2 - 3m
1,3 - 1,5m
semi-shade to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Pink Icicle is a showy, large-flowered hybrid camellia bred by dr. Ackermann from the United States National Arboretum. Its semi-double, soft pink flowers are 11 cm across, and open in April for 6-8 weeks. Leaves are evergreen, obovate, gently serrated at margins, deep green, and glossy. It grows fa ...
IV - V
1,8 - 2,5m
1,3 - 1,8m
semi-shade to shade
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Spring Festival is a fascinating hardy camellia cultivar that we have come to appreciate above all for its reliability. It elevates any evergreen planting scheme without requiring constant concern about frost hardiness. This is a spring‑flowering variety that produces an abundan ...
IV - V
1,5 - 3m
1 - 1,5m
semi-shade to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Spring Frill is a spring flowering hardy camellia from dr. Ackerman that first flowered in 1985 and was registered in 1992. It is a cross between c. oleifera ‚Plain Jane‘ and c. vernalis ‚Egao‘. It produces large, 10-12 cm across, rose-like, double flowers with 34 frilled, rose-pink p ...
IV - V
2 - 3m
1,3 - 1,5m
semi-shade to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Winter’s Star is an autumn flowering camellia from the Winter series bred by dr.Ackerman in 1988. It produces stunning, large, single flowers of pure pink colour. The colour is darker as the flowers emerge, and gets paler as they mature. They have a pale, spicy fragrance, an ...
IX - XI
1,5 - 1,8m
1,5 - 2m
semi-shade to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Winter’s Sunset is an autumn flowering camellia from the Winter series bred by dr. Ackerman. It is one of the very rare varieties with variegated foliage. It produces small, bright pink, single, non-fragrant flowers with numerous yellow stamens in the centre from late October for 4-6 ...
X - XI
1,5 - 2,5m
1,5 - 2m
semi-shade to shade
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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Winter’s Waterlily is another hardy camellia bred by Dr Ackerman. It produces small to medium‑sized, semi‑double to anemone‑type flowers with a rich layer of inner petaloids, which resemble delicate, snow‑white to creamy white “waterlilies” floating on the surface; individual ...
XI - I
2 - 3m
1 - 2m
semi-shade to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
The origin of winter camellia - Camellia hiemalis is unknown, however, rather than a separate species it is believed to be a natural hybrid between spring flowering c.japonica and autumn flowering c.sasanqua. It has been crossed, selected, and propagated for such a long time that ...
XI - V
2 - 3m
1,5 - 2m
semi-shade to shade
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Adeyaka means Fascinating in Japanese, and the name was aptly chosen for this special Japanese camellia. It produces uniquely bell-shaped (but not nodding) flowers, 6-8 cm across when fully open, revealing multiple yellow stamens in the centre. The colour is rich velvet red, and flowers ap ...
III - V
1,5 - 3m
1,5 - 2m
semi-shade to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Alba Simplex is a spring flowering hardy camellia whose origin, despite the availability of multiple historical sources, is rather uncertain. One source claims that it comes from China but does not support it with any further details. Another source says it comes from Germany, registe ...
III - IV
2 - 3m
1,5 - 2m
semi-shade to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Dr. King is a Japanese camellia cultivar, a spring-flowering one, first introduced in 1944 by the Australian nursery Camellia Grove Nursery. It is a large-flowered cultivar with semi-double, highly decorative blooms measuring approximately 8 to 10 cm in diameter. The flowers display a distinctive sh ...
IV - V
2 - 3,5m
2 - 3m
semi-shade to shade
7 (down to -18°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Fire and Ice, or Fire’n’Ice is a rock’n’roll among hardy Japanese camellias, and possibly the largest flowering double, red, hardy camellia so far. Its flowers are 9-10 cm across, semi-double or fully double with shorter sepals, rich red with yellow stamens in the centre. Flowers appear from ve ...
III - IV
1,5 - 3m
1,5 - 2m
semi-shade to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Kimberley is another old Japanese camellia variety from early 20th century, and awarded AGM by RHS in 1934. It produces beautiful, cup-shaped, rich scarlet red blossoms with a crown of yellow stamens. Flowering begins in April and continues for 6-8 weeks. Leaves are evergreen, narrowl ...
IV - V
2,5 - 3,5m
1,3 - 1,5m
semi-shade to shade
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Hagoromo is a very old Japanese camellia variety from Japan from 17th century. After its introduction to Italy in 1886 it was renamed to Magnoliaeflora because of the similarity to star- or lotus-shaped magnolia flowers. They are semi-double, hose-in-house type, creamy white ...
III - V
1,3 - 1,5m
0,8 - 1,3m
semi-shade to shade
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
It is our utmost pleasure to offer this summer-blooming beauty: false camellia. It comes from moist woodlands of North America and eastern Asia (Japan, China, Vietnam, Nepal). It belongs to the same genus theaceae like camellia and tea.
Its main attraction are the flowers. They are 6-7 cm wide, pu ...
VI - VIII
4 - 6m
1 - 3m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
