Glossary

Name	Description	Photo
Camellia Japonica	Coming from China, then Korea, Japan, and Taiwan. They are the most famous and are very popular. This specie regroups thousands cultivars of various flower sizes, foliage, habits and colors. Flowering during winter or spring.
Higo Camellias	Coming form the old Japanese province of Higo (now Kumamoto), on the southern island of Kyushu, selected by lords of the Samuraï. They constitute a group of 120 cultivars inside Camellia Japonica. The flowers are always single and the stamens are proeminent.
Hybrids	Coming from marriage between species, hybrids are recent (1930). Some are cold resistants. The form and color ranges are varied. Flowering during winter or spring.
Hybrid C.x williamsii	Hybrids 'williamsii' (coming from Camellia saluenensis and Camellia japonica) are named after the first European breeder, J.C. Williams.
Camellia Reticulata	Coming from southwest of China, Yunnan. Very large flowers and hundreds of cultivars. Flowering during spring. For temperate climates.
Hybrid C.reticulata	By hybridization, the species C.reticulata has given hundreds of mostly spring-flowering cultivars.
Camellia Sasanqua	Specie coming from Japan. Flowering in autumn. Often fragrant (smells jasmine tea). Camellia sasanqua gave hundreds of cultivars.
Species	Wild camellias.

Name	Description	Photo
Single	Five to eight petals in one row.
Semi-double	Two or more rows of large regular, irregular or loose outer petals (nine or more). With proeminent stamen.
Rose-Form Double	Petals are imbricated or overlapped as informal double, but opening to reveal stamen display in a concave center.
Formal Double	Many rows of petals (sometimes more than a hundred), usually with central cone of tightly furled petals.
Peony Form or Informal Double	A mass of raised petals with petaloids (parts of the flower that have assumed the appearance of small, narrow or twisted petals).
Anemone Form	One or more layers of large outer petals with a mass of petaloids ans stamens in the center.

Name	Description	Photo
Graduated Shading	The main color can shade from the center to the edge of the petal. The flowering can begin with a color (pink here) which shades and brightens as the flower opens out.
Marginated white	The flowers are bicolors. A dominant color (pink here) fills allmost all the petal surface. The edges have a thin white strip.
Marginated pink	A variant of two-colored flower, mostly white and a thin pink strip on the periphery.
Marginated red	On this flower, a thicker red strip if added to the dominant white color.
Striped white	The petals have several colors. White stripes converge towards the center of the petal. Some have the term "Nishiki" in their name (ie ' Nishiki-kirin') to emphasis this characteristic.
Striped pink	You can also find pink stripes.
Striped red	A last possibility on this flower, red stripes. Sometimes you can also find pink and red stripes on the same flower.
Blotched white	The petals can be more or less blotched. This second hue, here white, contraste with the base color. The spots are more or less numerous and extended.
Blotched pink	The petals can also be spotted pink. Note that the size and arrangement of spots varies from a camellia to another.
Blotched red	Spots can also be very discreet, here, the red spots are very small.

Name	Description	Photo
Compact	The plant is branched. Growing tall and wide. Suitable for hedging.
Upright	Pruning can help to develop a better-shaped plant.
Bushy	The plant is branched and dense, like a bush. Pruning can avoid overcrowding.
Slender	The plant is narrow and columnar. Easy to train. For small area.
Weeping	With pendulous branches.
Spreading	Some plants have a tendency to spread instead of growing. Suitable for big area.
Dwarf	Suitable for bonsaï.