Camellia Types Camellia Types Camellia x williamsii Camellia japonica Cultivars Hybrids 5 13 Isabella Plantation has a large The Plantation has a collection of Camellias, the collection of Camellia x majority of which are old williamsii hybrids. These Camellia Japonica cultivars spreading shrubs tend many dating back to the 1800’s. to produce single flowers Camellia x williamsii You can find them flowering ‘J.C. Williams’ Camellia japonica in shades of pink and begin between January and March. ‘Hagoromo’ flowering as early as Phlox pink flowers with Camellia Japonica originated Petals palest creamy pink. November through to March. fuchsia pink shading. in Japan, South Korea and China and is a variable Camellia Japonica cultivars were the only Camellias in species with well over a hundred years of breeding. cultivation until the 1940’s. This changed in the early This has produced varieties with variable hardiness in a 1900’s when George Forrest collected Camellia range of colours with single to double flowered types, saluenensis seed in Yunnan China for his sponsor as well as anemone, peony and rose forms. This J.C. Williams of the Cearhays Estate in Cornwall. species is responsible for 90% of the Camellias in gardens throughout the world. In the 1920’s J.C. Williams and others began cross-pollinating Camellia saluenensis with Camellia Camellia sasanqua Varieties a japonica cultivars to produce plants which became known 19 as Williamsii hybrids. Williamsii hybrids are often free The Garden has a small but flowering mainly in shades of pink. The first of the expanding collection of Williamsii hybrids was named J.C. Williams and can Camellia sasanqua varieties. be found growing in Camellia Ride opposite the Bog Sasanqua’s are generally Garden entrance. smaller than the other Camellias and tend to Camellia sasanqua produce single fragrant ‘Sasanqua Rubra’ flowers which begin flowering Rich red single flowers, as early as September early winter. and continue until January. Originating in Japan, a large number were imported to the USA in the 1930’s. Many of these were rescued and renamed after World War II. Today many new cultivars have been bred in the USA and Australia where the climate is good for growing sasanquas. Most are single in form, pure white, in colour, tinted pink at flower tips Camellias or shaded pink. These delicate shrubs are often not frost hardy and require a sheltered spot.
[email protected] https://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/richmond-park/ richmond-park-attractions/isabella-plantation 2 Camellia japonica 3 Camellia 4 Camellia japonica 1 Camellia x williamsii ‘Tiffany’ japonica ‘Nuccio’s Jewel’ ‘Hiraethlyn’ Loose peony form ‘Twilight’ Full peony form white Flowers very pale flowers soft pink with Flowers soft pink to palest pink shading apple-blossom pink. deeper pink shading. fading to white at deeper pink at petal centre of blooms. edges.
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18 Camellia Look for the flower symbolBRAMBLE on the posts as GATE 6 Camellia japonica you move along the path. Use the numbers japonica ‘Preston Rose’ ‘Alba Simplex’ next to the flower to find the description in this Accessible Toilets PEG’S POND Salmon pink peony White petals leaflet. Stars are described overleaf. P Public Toilets form flower. with yellow PEG’S POND GATE 3 4 stamens. HEATHER GARDEN 2 5 Car Parking P 6 Accessible Car Parking P
1 BOG GARDEN 7 Camellia 17 Camellia 7 japonica japonica THOMSON’S THOMSON’S LAWN ‘Shiragiku’ ‘Althaeiflora’ POND DEER Pure white formal Carmine red peony SANCTUARY GATE double flowers. form flowers. BEECH BAY
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BLUEBELL WALK 16 Camellia x 8 Camellia japonica williamsii 19 8 ‘Hanafuki’ ‘Elizabeth de WILSON’S 9 GLADE Semi double pink Rothschild’ 18 10 cup shaped flowers. Semi double soft pink flowers. 11 CAMELLIA WALK
STILL POND 13 BROOMFIELD 12 HILL GATE 17 P9 Camellia 15 Camellia japonica 16 japonica 15 14 ‘Lavinia Maggi’ ‘Apple Blossom’ White petals with Pink petals shading red striping. HIGH WOOD to pale pink. GATE
12 Camellia japonica 10 Camellia japonica 14 Camellia 11 Camellia japonica ‘Lady Vansittart’ ‘Colonel Firey’ japonica ‘Tricolor’ Pink, white and Large spectacular, ‘Berenice Boddy’ White petal flecked red flowers found formal dark red Creamy pink semi with pink and red. double blooms. on the same plant. blooms.