Camellia edithae 'Heimudan' Check with George Now scattered and increasingly uncommon

Now scattered and increasingly uncommon in the wild

and quietly parted from their labels along the way

and unusually cold hardy for a citrus of lime character

arching mound that takes deep shade without sulking

the shrub sets almost no viable seed

Camellia edithae 'Heimudan' Check with George Now scattered and increasingly uncommonMost gardeners who grow camellias know two of them. Camellia japonica opens in winter, C. sasanqua in autumn, and between the two a practiced collector can have flowers from October through March. What happens in April is generally someone else's problem. 'Heimudan' solves that problem. A cultivar of Camellia edithae, a species from the forests of southeastern China little known in Western gardens, this plant blooms in mid to late spring, through