Camellia reticulata x fraterna 'Crimson Candles' 25/5 Restock in the ground through zones

in the ground through zones 7 to 10 or in a large container farther north

and only floppy

By late summer the red buckeye often drops the leaves early

which is lovely and entirely sufficient

lean sand and excellent drainage

Camellia reticulata x fraterna 'Crimson Candles' 25/5 Restock in the ground through zonesThere is a quiet poetry in a camellia's defiance of the cold, a flowering that comes not in spring's abundance but in the leanest stretch of the year. Few cultivars speak that winter sonnet as clearly as Camellia 'Crimson Candles', a hybrid of Camellia reticulata and Camellia fraterna. The cross came from the careful hands of Dr. Clifford Parks of Camellia Forest Nursery, a pivotal figure in American camellia breeding with deep ties to research at the