What are the characteristics of camellia?

Camellia is an evergreen flower, which blooms in winter and spring, with graceful flowers and bright colors. Camellia's branches are yellow-brown, and its branchlets are green or green-purple to purple-brown. Leaves leathery, alternate, oval, oblong, ovoid to obovate, etc.

It is 4- 10 cm long, with a tapering or acute apex, a wedge-shaped to nearly semicircular base, serrated edges, dark green front of leaves, mostly shiny, smooth and hairless back, short petiole, hairy or hairless.

Camellia is bisexual, usually solitary or 2-3 flowers are planted at the top of technical belt or between leaves. Each camellia has 5-7 petals arranged in 1-2 rounds of tiles. The flower is 5-6 cm in diameter and red, with concave or serrated petals at the top and a single petal at the base.

Camellia likes warm and humid, so it needs to be protected in cool and semi-cool conditions in summer. Camellia is best planted in acidic soil with shelter from the wind and sunny, Gao Shuang terrain, good air circulation and pH value of 4-5. At the same time, the soil should be loose and well drained so that camellia can breathe better.