Camellias Nomenclature



Camellia Japonica 'Pluton'    


Species

Japonica

Synonym(s)

Fulgens Plenissima

Color

Red

Flower size

Flower form

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Italy

First publication

1840-1841

Comments

Irregularly imbricated

Camellia Hybrid C.x williamsii 'Plymouth Beauty '    


Species

Hybrid C.x williamsii

Color

Pink

Flower form

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Great Britain

First publication

1987

Camellia Japonica 'Polar Bear'    


Species

Japonica

Synonym(s)

Beijixiong

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Medium

Habit

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

E.G. Waterhouse (Australia)

First publication

1957

Camellia Hybrid 'Polar Ice'    


Species

Hybrid

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Medium

Habit

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Dr William L. Ackerman (USA)

Origination year

1986

Comments

Cold hardy to - 12°F

Seen

Private garden

Camellia Japonica 'Pompone'    


Species

Japonica

Synonym(s)

Mutabilis - Pomponia - Kew Blush - Variabilis - Pompone-Flowered - Pomponia Plena ...

Color

White

Aspect

Pink striped

Flower size

Flower form

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

China

Origination year

1810

Camellia Japonica 'Pomponia Alba'    


Species

Japonica

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

Portugal

First publication

1873

Seen

Public garden

Camellia Japonica 'Pomponia Alba Monstruosa'    


Species

Japonica

Color

White

Aspect

Pink striped

Flower size

Flower form

Habit

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Portugal

First publication

1872-1873

Seen

Public garden

Camellia Japonica 'Pomponia Alba Odorifera'    


Species

Japonica

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

Portugal

First publication

1865

Comments

Soft fragrance

Seen

Public garden

Camellia Japonica 'Pomponia Estriata Portuensis'    


Species

Japonica

Color

Pink

Aspect

Pink striped

Flower form

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Portugal

First publication

1865

Seen

Exhibition

Camellia Japonica 'Pomponia Luctea'    


Species

Japonica

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

Portugal

First publication

1964-1965

Seen

Exhibition

Camellia Japonica 'Pomponia Pedrotia'    


Species

Japonica

Color

Red

Flower size

Flower form

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Portugal

First publication

1844

Seen

Private garden

Camellia Japonica 'Pomponia Rubra'    


Species

Japonica

Color

Red

Flower size

Flower form

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Unknown

Origination year

<1840

Seen


Camellia Japonica 'Pomponia Semi-duplex'    


Species

Japonica

Synonym(s)

Pomponia Semi-Plena - Palmeri Alba - Palmer's White - Palmeria Alba

Color

White

Aspect

Pink striped

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Vigorous

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Unknown

First publication

1828

Camellia Hybrid 'Pop Corn'    


Species

Hybrid

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Position

Shade

Originated by

Japan

First publication

1987-1988

Comments

Released by Yoshiaki Andoh

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 'Pordor'    


Species

Japonica

Color

Pink

Flower form

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

Alfred Lemaitre (Carquefou, France)

Origination year

1998

Comments

Chance seedling. Name of the Pordor Castle (Avessac, France)

Seen

Nursery

Camellia Japonica 'Powder Puff'    


Species

Japonica

Synonym(s)

Souvenir de Madame Colette van Wassenhove

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Medium

Habit

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

USA

Origination year

1965

Camellia Hybrid C.reticulata 'Powdered Beauty'    


Species

Hybrid C.reticulata

Color

Red

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Vigorous

Habit

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

USA

Origination year

1996

Seen

Exhibition

Camellia Japonica 'Prelude'    


Species

Japonica

Color

Red

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Vigorous

Habit

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

USA

First publication

1950

Seen

Huntington Botanical Gardens (San Marino)

Camellia Japonica 'Premier'    


Species

Japonica

Synonym(s)

Shouxiang

Color

Pink

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Vigorous

Habit

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

USA

First publication

1966

Seen


Camellia Japonica 'Président Philippe Duteil'    


Species

Japonica

Color

Pink

Flower form

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Alfred Lemaitre (Carquefou, France)

Origination year

2000

Seen

Private garden

Camellia Sasanqua 'Presidente Antonio Sevesi'    


Species

Sasanqua

Synonym(s)

F.L.M. Presidente Antonio Sevesi

Color

Pink

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Fast

Habit

Flowering

Position

Sunlight

Originated by

Floricoltura Lago Maggiore (Cerro di Laveno, Italy

First publication

1992

Camellia Japonica 'Preston Eclipse'    


Species

Japonica

Synonym(s)

Eclipse Rubra - Preston's

Color

Pink

Flower size

Flower form

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Great Britain

First publication

1837

Camellia Japonica 'Preston Rose'    


Species

Japonica

Color

Pink

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Vigorous

Habit

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

France

First publication

1840-1841

Camellia Japonica 'Prima Ballerina'    


Species

Japonica

Synonym(s)

Balei Mingxing

Color

Bicolor White-Pink

Aspect

Graduated shading

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Slow

Habit

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Nuccio's Nurseries (USA)

Origination year

1972

Comments

Pictures taken at the Nuccio's Nurseries

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 'Prince Eugène Napoléon'    


Species

Japonica

Synonym(s)

Pope Pius IX - Rosedale Beauty - Ladiner's Red - Mrs Harry Davis - Popu...

Color

Pink

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Medium

Habit

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Belgium

First publication

1859

Camellia Japonica 'Prince Frederick William'    


Species

Japonica

Color

Pink

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Vigorous

Habit

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Australia

First publication

1872

Seen

Private garden

Camellia Japonica 'Prince Impérial'    


Species

Japonica

Color

Bicolor White-Pink

Flower size

Flower form

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

France

Origination year

1856

Comments

Planted by the Tavenet sisters in their greenhouse in Sèvres in 1900. Very variable flower colour.

Seen

Private garden

Camellia Japonica 'Prince of Orange'    


Species

Japonica

Synonym(s)

Crusader - Red Crusader

Color

Red

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Fast

Habit

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

USA

Origination year

1943

Camellia Japonica 'Prince of Wales'    


Species

Japonica

Color

Red

Flower size

Flower form

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Great Britain

First publication

1843-1844

Camellia Japonica 'Prince Troubetzkoy'    


Species

Japonica

Color

Pink

Flower size

Flower form

Habit

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Italy

First publication

1847-1848

Seen


Camellia Japonica 'Princess Lavender'    


Species

Japonica

Synonym(s)

Ziyigongzhu

Color

Pink

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Vigorous

Habit

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

USA

First publication

1951

Seen

Private garden

Camellia Japonica 'Princess Margaret'    


Species

Japonica

Color

Pink

Flower size

Flower form

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Great Britain

First publication

1980-1981

Camellia Japonica 'Princesse Baciocchi'    


Species

Japonica

Color

Red

Aspect

Graduated shading

Flower size

Flower form

Habit

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Italy

First publication

1842

Camellia Japonica 'Princeza das Camellias'    


Species

Japonica

Color

Pink

Aspect

Red striped

Flower form

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Portugal

First publication

1865

Seen

Private garden

Camellia Japonica 'Principessa Aldobrandini'    


Species

Japonica

Color

Pink

Aspect

White marginated

Flower size

Flower form

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Italy

Origination year

< 1850

Camellia Japonica 'Principessa Clotilde Rose'    


Species

Japonica

Color

Pink

Flower size

Flower form

Habit

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Botanic Nursery Thoby (France)

First publication

1988

Camellia Hybrid 'Principessa Grace'    


Species

Hybrid

Color

Bicolor White-Pink

Aspect

Graduated shading

Flower size

Flower form

Position

Sunlight

Originated by

Italy

Comments

Released by Mario Carmine, dedicated to Grace from Monaco.

Seen

Private garden

Camellia Japonica 'Professor Klaus Peper'    


Species

Japonica

Color

White

Aspect

Red marginated

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Medium

Habit

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Germany

Origination year

2000

Camellia Japonica 'Professor Sargent'    


Species

Japonica

Synonym(s)

Sajinte Jiaoshou

Color

Red

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Vigorous

Habit

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Germany

First publication

1908

Camellia Japonica 'Professore Filippo Parlatore'    


Species

Japonica

Color

Pink

Aspect

Red striped

Flower size

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Italy

First publication

1860

Camellia Japonica 'Professore Giovanni Santarelli '    


Species

Japonica

Color

Red

Aspect

White blotched

Flower size

Flower form

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Italy

First publication

1860

Camellia Japonica 'Prosper Vial'    


Species

Japonica

Color

Bicolor White-Pink

Aspect

Red striped

Flower size

Flower form

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Nursery Guichard (France)

First publication

1910

Camellia Hybrid 'Prudence'    


Species

Hybrid

Color

Pink

Flower size

Flower form

Habit

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

New Zeland

First publication

1971

Comments

C. pitardii hybrid

Seen


Camellia Japonica 'Pukekura'    


Species

Japonica

Synonym(s)

Pukekura White

Color

White

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Medium

Habit

Flowering

Position

Shade

Originated by

New Zeland

First publication

1952

Comments

Photos by Domaine de Trévarez

Camellia Japonica 'Pulcherrima Striata'    


Species

Japonica

Synonym(s)

Impératrice Joséphine - Ottoni - Ottonia - Ottoiana

Color

Pink

Aspect

White striped

Flower size

Flower form

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Belgium

First publication

1839

Seen

Private garden

Camellia Japonica 'Punctata Boutourlin'    


Species

Japonica

Color

White

Aspect

Pink striped

Flower size

Flower form

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Italy

First publication

1846-1847

Camellia Japonica 'Purinsesu Masako'    


Species

Japonica

Synonym(s)

Princess Masako

Color

White

Aspect

Red striped

Flower size

Flower form

Growth habits

Vigorous

Habit

Flowering

Position

Filtered sunlight

Originated by

Japan

Origination year

1989

Comments

Released by Sôshin Hirai

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