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    CAMELLIA 'Dainty'
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    CAMELLIA 'Dainty'

    Japonica. (California) - blush white striped red with fringed and ruffled petals
     
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    • Good to know
      This cultivar is 'Dainty (California)'
    • Pests & Diseases
      Aphids, scale insects, vine weevil, leaf spot.
    • Place of origin
      Garden origin. USA. EH Carter, Monterey Park, California.
    • japonica
      The best known of all the camellias, Japanese Camellia (Camellia japonica)
    • Evergreen
    • Bicolor
    • Striped, Veined or Multicoloured
    • Semi-double
      Two rows of petals with conspicuous stamens
    • Fully hardy
    • Height
      4m(12ft)
    • Spread
      4m(12ft)
    • Tall Shrub
      Vigorous, upright growth.
    • Hardy - cold winter
      Hardy in most places throughout the UK even in severe winters. May not withstand open/exposed sites or central/northern locations. Plant can withstand temperatures down to -15°C (5°F)
    • Acid / ericaceous loving
    • Fertile moist well-drained soil
    • Partial shade
    • Rounded to broadly columnar
    • Rounded to broadly spreading
    • Mature Size
      4m(12ft)
      Tall Shrub - guide for size not form Average Person
        4m(12ft)
       
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    Useful extras...

    Fertilisers & Feeds - Vitax
    For healthy growth and flowering of ericaceous plants, Azalea, Rhododendron & Shrub Fertiliser is perfect for acid-loving plants.
    0.9 kg
    £12.00
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Vitax
    Improves vegetable, fruit and flower quality. Blood, Fish and Bone contains three major nutrients essential for strong and healthy growth.
    1.5 kg
    £6.50
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    Specially developed organic concentrated seaweed feed for ericaceous plants that is a ready to use, derived from sustainable harvested kelp, that can be used on all outdoor and indoor plants, Perfect used in conjunction with Rootgrow™ Ericoid.
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