Red Velvet Camellia

Red camellias can have different shades of red. Royal velvet camellia camellia japonica royal velvet produces large dark red flowers with a velvet like texture that bloom in winter and spring.

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Red velvet camellia

This nuccio s nursery introduction has a compact upright to rounded habit. Royal velvet camellia is useful to create colorful evergreen hedges or. Early blooming deciduous trees like cherry and dogwood offer the needed filtered shade and ground hugging perennials such as fumewort coral bells and clematis offer interest and.

You ll find flowers of light pinkish reds to deep dark reds. Depending on the variety they may bloom in late fall winter and early spring adding cheer to the garden when little else is in flower. Grows 6 to 10 feet tall and 6 to 8 feet wide.

Red camellias are thought to be able to withstand more direct sun than lighter colored flowers. A true garden jewel the royal velvet is prized for its very large semi double flowers with deep velvety red petals surrounding prominent bright yellow center stamens. This amazingly beautiful camellia was introduced by nuccio s nurseries in altadena california in 1987.

Camellias are flowering shade loving small trees or shrubs that are available in a remarkable range of colors forms and sizes. Star above starexcellent hedging sasanqua camellia. Royal velvet camellia produces an abundance of dark velvet red semi double flowers in late winter through mid spring.

Their blooms from white or pink to deep red some as simple as a wild rose. Red camellias select a variety below to get all the details more photos and prices we offer a large selection of red flowering camellia bushes with various flower types from single to peony to formal double that bloom in the fall winter and or spring when we need color most in the garden. Royal velvet produces some of the most beautiful dark velvety red perfect form semi double flowers in early to mid season.

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