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Spectacular, fully double blooms with pure white petals edged with an orchid pink blush. Flowers make a dazzling contrast with the glossy, dark green foliage. Add an elegant, formal appearance to your garden!  Mid season bloomer.  Evergreen.  Slow growing 6 to 8 ft. tall and wide, larger with age.  Filtered sun.  Cutting grown.

Performance and Requirements

Light needs: Filtered sun

Watering Needs: Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat.

Pruning Time: Winter after flowering

Growth Rate: Slow Growing

Growth Habit: Erect

Design Information

Companion Plants

FAULKNER BOXWOOD
Buxus microphylla 'Faulkner'

MINT JULEP^® JUNIPER
Juniperus chinensis 'Monlep'

AUGUST BEAUTY GARDENIA (GRAFTED)
Gardenia jasminoides 'August Beauty' (Grafted G. thunbergii)

ENDLESS SUMMER^® BLUSHING BRIDE HYDRANGEA
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Blushing Bride' P.P.# 17169

BRILLIANT AZALEA
Azalea `Brilliant` (Southern Indica)

HARBOR BELLE HEAVENLY BAMBOO
Nandina domestica 'Jaytee' P.P.# 14668

BLACK JAPANESE MAPLE
Acer palmatum 'Nigrum'

CHINESE DOGWOOD
Cornus kousa chinensis

PRELUDE LILY OF THE VALLEY
Pieris japonica 'Prelude' (P. taiwanensis 'Prelude')

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Companion Plants (Description): The outstanding, formal blooms on this Camellia pair best with other garden classics such as Boxwood hedges, Juniper topiaries from Monrovia's Italianate Collection, as well as fragrant Gardenias. To stay true to its Asian heritage, plant with Hydrangea, Azalea, Heavenly Bamboo, Japanese Maple, Dogwood and Lily of the Valley.

Design Styles: Use in a protected place in the garden, such as an east facing entryway, and be rewarded with handsome evergreen foliage and elegant winter blooms.  Both the blooms and foliage are fine additions to indoor winter cut flower arrangements.  Dress up a wall or garage as a shrub or train as an espalier for a formal look.  Beautiful as a foundation plant, in a container or as part of a Zen tranquility garden. 

Care Information

Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Provide well drained soil, rich in organic matter. Feed with an acid fertilizer after bloom. Keep roots cool with a thick layer of mulch.

Background Information

History: Camellias are native to eastern and southern Asia. C. japonica was imported into the Philippines but is native to China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. The genus Camellia was named by Carolus Linnaeus who named it for a Jesuit missionary Georg Kamel, who cultivated an important garden of local medicinal plants on the Philippine Island of Luzon in the 17th century.  Nuccio's Pearl was a chance seedling that originated at Nuccio's Nurseries in Altadena, California in 1973.  Red camellias are a symbol of wealth and white Camellias signify loveliness. Camellias represent longevity and faithfulness and have long been a primary floral component in Asian weddings.

Botanical Pronunciation: ka-MEL-i-a ja-PON-i-ka

Catalog Description: Spectacular, fully double blooms with pure white petals edged with an orchid pink blush. Flowers make a dazzling contrast with the glossy, dark green foliage. Add an elegant, formal appearance to your garden!  Mid season bloomer.  Evergreen.  Slow growing 6 to 8 ft. tall and wide, larger with age.  Filtered sun.  Cutting grown.