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Ashton’s Ballet is an autumn flowering camellia from the Ashton series bred by dr. Ackerman and introduced in 1996. It is a cross between a very hardy species camellia oleifera and Shikishima variety (c. hiemalis). It produces utterly pretty, tutu-like, soft pink, semi-double to fully double, ...
XI - I
2 - 3m
1 - 2m
semi-shade to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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 stamens ...
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 has enoug ...
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 ...
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 abundance of small, se ...
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, ro ...
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, and can reach up to 1 ...
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 weeks.
L ...
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
The origin of 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 no one bothers to insist of the ̶ ...
XI - V
2 - 3m
1,5 - 2m
semi-shade to shade
6b (down to -21°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Showa-no-sakae is a winter camellia variety which is often classified as Camellia sasanqua. Its pretty flowers are small to mid-sized (6-8 cm), peony-like, semi-double to fully double, medium to deep pink. It begins to bloom according to the maturity of the buds and the weather conditions, usually f ...
I - XII
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 appear from ...
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, registered in 1816, an ...
III - IV
2 - 3m
1,5 - 2m
semi-shade to shade
6 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
April Kiss is a spring flowering, one of the top demanded camellias from the April series bred by dr. Clifford Parks. It is a cross between Berenice Boddy and Reg Ragland from 1995. It produces 6-7 cm large, fully double flowers of exquisite salmon pink colour. They come out from early April for 6-8 ...
IV - V
1,5 - 2m
1,3 - 1,5m
full sun
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. Flo ...
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, narrowly obovate, gent ...
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
Kuro Delight is a spring flowering hardy camellia from dr. Ackerman, perhaps the darkest red among the hardy varieties. It is a seedling of c. japonica ‚Kuro-tsubaki‘ x ‚Variety Z‘ that first flowered in 1987 and was registered in 1999. It makes medium-sized, 8-10 cm wide, se ...
IV - V
2 - 3m
1,3 - 1,5m
semi-shade to shade
6 (down to -23°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 to very pale pink, 8-10 ...
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
