Camellia edithae 'Heimudan' Check with George and quietly parted from their

and quietly parted from their labels along the way

and unusually cold hardy for a citrus of lime character

perennial where winters are mild (roughly zone 7 and warmer) and grown as an annual or die-back perennial elsewhere

'Winter's Star'

and female plants carry glossy red berries into winter when a male grows nearby

Camellia edithae 'Heimudan' Check with George and quietly parted from theirMost 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