Camellia japonica 'La Peppermint'
Object Details
- Description
- This is an antique camellia cultivar with many-petaled, double flowers. Initially, the flowers start out white, stiped in red. Over the years, the flowers can slowly become more pink, half red and white, or solid red.
- Hardiness
- 0 - 30 F
- Bloom Time
- March
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Range
- cultivated
- Topic
- Display Gardens
- Living Collections
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Display Collection
- On Display
- Enid A. Haupt Garden
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Accession Number
- 2022-0510A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Common Name
- Camellia cultivar
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Asteranae
- Order
- Ericales
- Family
- Theaceae
- Genus
- Camellia
- Species
- japonica
- Life Form
- Evergreen shrub/sub-shrub
- Bloom Characteristics
- White to pink double flowers have red stripes. Sometimes flowers are solid red. Flowers are 3-4" (7.6-10.2 cm) across.
- Structure
- Upright
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2022-0510A
