Camellia japonica

Botanic Name Recordings

山茶

Common Camellia

Plant Type

Native/Exotic

Usual Habitats

Shrub

Exotic

Farmland/Former Farmland/Village, Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional)

Evergreen/Deciduous/

Semi Deciduous

Evergreen

Design Function

Hedge, Screen

Foliage Colour (other than or in addition to green)

Foliage Colour (other than green) Time of Year

Fruit Colour

Inconspicuous

Fruit Time of Year

Red, White

Flower Colour

Flower Time of Year

a. JANUARY, b. FEBRUARY, c. MARCH

Landscape Application Examples

20220312_Private garden, Kowloon Tong_Averrhoa carambola (starfruit), Ficus pumila, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, Michelia figo, Strelitzia reginae, Camellia japonica, Podocarpus macrophyllus

20220305_Chater Garden, Central_Ficus microcarpa, Delonix regia, Bombax ceiba, Roystonea regia, Camellia japonica

20210307_Mui Wo_Camellia japonica, Juniperus chinensis, Michelia figo

20210223_HKU_Camellia japonica, Axonopus compressus

20220306_Wang Tong, Mui Wo_Codiaeum variegatum, Camellia japonica, Bambusa ventricosa

20210509_Tai Po Waterfront Park_Ficus microcarpa, Ophiopogon japonicus, Ctenanthe oppenheimiana, Nephrolepis hirsutula, Liriope spicata variegated form, Neottopteris nidus (Asplenium nidus), Loropetalum chinense f. rubrum, Caryota mitis, Camellia japonica

20210223_HKU_Camellia japonica, Osmanthus fragrans, Phyllanthus myrtifolius

20200202_Near Mui Wo Ferry Pier_Camellia japonica, Carmona microphylla

Camellia japonica

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