Camellia edithae 'Heimudan' Check with George the shrub sets almost no

the shrub sets almost no viable seed

'Winter's Star'

and unusually cold hardy for a citrus of lime character

this selection defies expectations for the genus by thriving outdoors in upstate South Carolina

Camellia edithae 'Heimudan' Check with George the shrub sets almost noMost 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