Camellias Nomenclature



Camellia Hybrid C.x williamsii 'Mini Mint '    


Species

Hybrid C.x williamsii

Color

White

Aspect

Pink striped

Flower form

Growth habits

Slow

Habit

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

USA

First publication

1977

Seen


Camellia Japonica 'Miss Universe'    


Species

Japonica

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Vigorous

Habit

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

USA

Origination year

1951

Camellia Japonica 'Montironi'    


Species

Japonica

Synonym(s)

Hélène Longhi - Montironi Alba - Montironi White - Montironi Vera - Montironi Alba Vera...

Color

White

Aspect

Pink striped

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Vigorous

Habit

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

Italy

First publication

1841

Camellia Japonica 'Morning Glow'    


Species

Japonica

Synonym(s)

St Mary

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Vigorous

Habit

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

USA

Origination year

1943

Camellia Japonica 'Moshe Dayan'    


Species

Japonica

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Vigorous

Habit

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

Great Britain

First publication

1984

Seen

Private garden - Trevarez Garden

Camellia Japonica 'Mrs Nellie Eastman'    


Species

Japonica

Synonym(s)

Neili Nüshi

Color

White

Aspect

Red striped

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Medium

Habit

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

USA

First publication

1950-1951

Seen


Camellia Japonica 'Nina Durazzo'    


Species

Japonica

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

Italy

First publication

1851

Comments

Many variations of colour in a group of flowers

Seen

Private garden - Camellietum Compitese (Pieve di Compito) - Villa Durazzo-Pallavicini (Genova - GE)

Camellia Japonica 'Nuccio's Gem'    


Species

Japonica

Synonym(s)

Niuxiao Meiyu

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Fast

Habit

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

Nuccio's Nurseries (USA)

Origination year

1965

Comments

Pictures taken at the Nuccio's Nurseries

Camellia Japonica 'Ochroleuca'    


Species

Japonica

Synonym(s)

Giallo Bianca - Ochroleuca (Sieboldii)

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Position

Shade

Originated by

Belgium

First publication

1835

Seen

Nursery

Camellia Japonica 'Onore di Bibbiani'    


Species

Japonica

Synonym(s)

Etrusca

Color

White

Aspect

Red striped

Flower form

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Italy

First publication

1843

Camellia Japonica 'Oscar Borrini'    


Species

Japonica

Color

White

Aspect

Red striped

Flower size

Flower form

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Italy

First publication

1888

Camellia Japonica 'Pallade Nova'    Nouveau


Species

Japonica

Synonym(s)

La Faraggiana

Color

White

Aspect

Pink striped

Flower form

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Italy

First publication

1855

Camellia Japonica 'Paola Casanova'    


Species

Japonica

Color

White

Aspect

Red striped

Flower form

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Italy

First publication

1855

Camellia Japonica 'Paolina Lucca'    


Species

Japonica

Color

White

Aspect

Pink blotched

Flower form

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

Italy

First publication

1873-1874

Seen

Nursery

Camellia Japonica 'Paolina Maggi'    


Species

Japonica

Synonym(s)

Contessa Paolina Maggi

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Position

Shade

Originated by

Italy

First publication

1855

Camellia Sasanqua 'Paradise Blush'    


Species

Sasanqua

Color

White

Aspect

Pink marginated

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Fast

Habit

Flowering

Position

Sunlight

Originated by

Paradise Nurseries (Australia)

First publication

1995

Comments

Pink buds open to white flowers

Seen

Private garden

Camellia Japonica 'Pax'    


Species

Japonica

Synonym(s)

Yukidaruma - Snow Doll - White Laurel Leaf - Mueller's White - White II Tramonto

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Medium

Habit

Position

Shade

Originated by

France

Origination year

1930

Camellia Japonica 'Pope John XXIII'    


Species

Japonica

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Fast

Habit

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

USA

Origination year

1959

Camellia Japonica 'Primavera'    


Species

Japonica

Synonym(s)

Nuccio's Number 105

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Vigorous

Habit

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

Nuccio's Nurseries (USA)

Origination year

1943

Camellia Japonica 'Puritan Lass'    


Species

Japonica

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Vigorous

Habit

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

USA

First publication

1953

Seen

Exhibition

Camellia Japonica 'Ragland Supreme'    


Species

Japonica

Synonym(s)

Chaoji Ligelan

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Medium

Habit

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

USA

Origination year

1958

Seen

Nursery

Camellia Japonica 'Ristori (Rovelli)'    


Species

Japonica

Color

White

Flower form

Habit

Position

Shade

Originated by

Italy

First publication

1858

Seen

Private garden

Camellia Japonica 'Sangalli'    


Species

Japonica

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Position

Shade

Originated by

Italy

First publication

1869

Seen

Private garden

Camellia Japonica 'Satsuma'    


Species

Japonica

Synonym(s)

Samo

Color

White

Flower form

Growth habits

Vigorous

Habit

Position

Shade

Originated by

Japan

Origination year

1973

Camellia Japonica 'Sea Foam'    


Species

Japonica

Synonym(s)

Haipao

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Medium

Habit

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

USA

First publication

1962

Camellia Japonica 'Sea Shell'    


Species

Japonica

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Position

Shade

Originated by

Botanic Nursery Thoby (France)

First publication

1988

Camellia Japonica 'Sévria '    


Species

Japonica

Color

White

Flower form

Position

Shade

Originated by

Alfred Lemaitre (Carquefou, France)

Origination year

1998

Seen

Private garden

Camellia Japonica 'Shiragiku'    


Species

Japonica

Synonym(s)

Purity - Tama-usagi - Gardenia - Neige d'Oree - Refinement ....

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Fast

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

Japan

First publication

1681

Camellia Japonica 'Shiratama-hôshu'    


Species

Japonica

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Vigorous

Habit

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture (Japan)

Origination year

1993

Comments

Named by Shunsuke Hisatomi in 1993, but estimated age is 200 years.

Seen


Camellia Japonica 'Snow White'    


Species

Japonica

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Habit

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

Unknown

First publication

1955

Camellia Japonica 'Spinola Alba'    


Species

Japonica

Color

White

Flower form

Position

Shade

Originated by

Italy

First publication

1855

Camellia Japonica 'Surpreza de J. Marques Loureiro'    


Species

Japonica

Color

White

Flower form

Position

Shade

Originated by

Portugal

First publication

1892

Seen

Exhibition

Camellia Japonica 'Sylvia Sass'    


Species

Japonica

Color

White

Flower form

Position

Shade

Originated by

Alfred Lemaitre (Carquefou, France)

Origination year

2000

Seen


Camellia Japonica 'T.S.Clower Jr'    


Species

Japonica

Color

White

Aspect

Pink striped

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Slow

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

USA

First publication

1944

Seen

Huntington Botanical Gardens (San Marino)

Camellia Japonica 'Tammia'    


Species

Japonica

Synonym(s)

Tamiya

Color

White

Aspect

Pink marginated

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Medium

Habit

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

USA

Origination year

1969

Seen

Private garden - Trevarez Garden

Camellia Japonica 'Teresa Sodini'    


Species

Japonica

Color

White

Aspect

Red striped

Flower size

Flower form

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Italy

First publication

1867

Camellia Japonica 'Thomas D. Pitts'    


Species

Japonica

Synonym(s)

Snow White (Rosendale) - Pise Xiangsheng

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Vigorous

Habit

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

Nuccio's Nurseries (USA)

First publication

1955

Comments

Pictures taken at the Nuccio's Nurseries

Seen

Nuccio's Nurseries (Altadena) - Huntington Botanical Gardens (San Marino)

Camellia Japonica 'Tootsie'    


Species

Japonica

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Slow

Habit

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

USA

Origination year

1964

Seen


Camellia Japonica 'Twilight'    


Species

Japonica

Synonym(s)

Limight

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Medium

Habit

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

Nuccio's Nurseries (USA)

First publication

1965

Camellia Japonica 'Vergine di Collebeato'    


Species

Japonica

Synonym(s)

Virgine Calubini - Vergine di Colle Beato

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Medium

Habit

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

Italy

First publication

1846

Camellia Japonica 'Victoria Antwerpiensis'    Nouveau


Species

Japonica

Color

White

Aspect

Pink striped

Flower size

Flower form

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Belgium

First publication

1837

Camellia Japonica 'Virginia Franco'    


Species

Japonica

Color

White

Aspect

Red striped

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Medium

Habit

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Italy

First publication

1858

Camellia Hybrid 'Winter's Waterlily'    


Species

Hybrid

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Medium

Habit

Flowering

Position

Sunlight

Originated by

Dr William L. Ackerman (USA)

Origination year

1985

Comments

Cold hardy to - 14°F

Seen

Nursery

Camellia Japonica 'Yasuyuxi'    


Species

Japonica

Color

White

Flower form

Position

Shade

Originated by

No origin identified

Seen

Nursery

Camellia Japonica 'Yirgella'    Nouveau


Species

Japonica

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Australia

Origination year

1946

Comments

Sport of 'Isabel'

Camellia Japonica 'Zhenzhu Cha'    


Species

Japonica

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Medium

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

China

Origination year

1990

Comments

Cultivar of C. grijsii. Very fragrant

Camellia Japonica 'Zoraide Vanzi'    


Species

Japonica

Color

White

Aspect

Red striped

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Vigorous

Habit

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Italy

Origination year

1866