Camellia ‘Buttermint’
Camellia 'Buttermint' offers beautiful, small, double, formal to peony type, creamy white flowers with a yellow central glow.
Camellia make stunning specimens for milder gardens with glossy, dark-green, broadly elliptic, evergreen leaves accented with lovely, rose-like flowers in early spring. ‘Buttermint’ offers beautiful, small, double, formal to peony type, creamy white flowers with a yellow central glow from mid to late season. The cute flowers are up to 2.5 inches wide. A hybrid involving of C. kissii. Camellias appreciate rich, acidic, moist, well-draining soils. Use in the light shady garden as an accent or specimen plant, a hedge, or an espalier, or in containers and as cut flowers. Somewhat deer resistant.
Common Name: Camellia
Family: Theaceae (The Tea family)
Zone Hardiness: 7-9
Light: Full Shade, Part Shade, Part Sun
Height: 2-4'
Width: 5-8'
Primary Bloom Colour: White/Cream
Secondary Bloom Colour: Yellow
Bloom Time: Fall - Spring
Foliage Colour: Green
Class: Evergreen
Type: Shrub
Soil Moisture: Average, Moist
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Fragrance: Yes
Berries:
Benefits:
Deer Resistant: Yes
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: A forest understory and forest edge shrub of hills and mountains from 300-1,100 metres elevation.
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Geographical Origin: Asia - China and Japan, Garden Origin
