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| Camellia sasanqua 'Yuletide' - 7 December 2019 |
This camellia which seems to have a few different names :
Camellia
sasanqua ‘Yuletide’
Camellia x vernalis “Yuletide’
is probably a man-made (person) cultivar. Plant species
will have mutations in the wild. Or plant species can be observed in a nursery
for unusual qualities. These are usually called selections. Another method
involves the use of pollinators to cross one plant with another.
Whichever way you look at it this camellia blooms in
December. On today’s date of 7 December it had two flowers (seen here) and many
buds. By Christmas it will have more.
What we have here is a plant that it going to give the
poinsettia and the holly a run for their money. My Rosemary had me going to
different nurseries until we found this one. It is outside our front door and
she has attached some miniature lights to it.