The South is the heart of camellia country. Indeed, common camellia (Camellia japonica) is even Alabama’s state flower. Although it seems like these evergreen flowering shrubs, which are so well suited to our area, must have been born here, they actually hail from eastern and southern Asia. Camellias are members of the tea family, Theaceae, and bring beautiful blooms to our gardens during the cold months.
More than 3,000 named kinds of camellias exist in a remarkable range of colors, forms, and sizes. https://www.southernliving.com/garden/camellias
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