What are the common camellia varieties?

Camellia genus 220 species, 195 species native to China, now ornamental camellia mainly East China camellia, Yunnan camellia, golden tea and tea plum four varieties, according to the shape of the petals, the number of petals, arrangement is divided into: monopetalous, wen petal, heavy petal class. The common varieties of camellia are: white ocean tea: also known as thousand leaves white, stamens petalized, **** 5 to 6 rounds, flowers white, spreading without wrinkles.

Shishangjin: flower color peach-red with white stripes, or white with red stripes.

Fish blood red: flowers deep red, with white spots on 1 to 2 petals in the outer whorl.

Red Camellia: also known as Yang Guifei, the outer whorl of petals is broad and flat, the inner whorl is fine and pink.

Small Cinquefoil: flowers shaped like red camellias, peach-red flowers with miscellaneous white spots.

Magnolia camellia: narrower petals, semi-erect, heavy, rose-red.

Vermilion red: flower shape like red camellia, vermilion red.

Venus: flowers single petal, deep red, calyx iron black, with velvet hairs on it, flowering period up to 4 months, hardy.

Small mahogany: flowers single petal, peach color, early and long flowering period (November to April), more hardy.

Four-sided brocade: red flowers, petals in the shape of a rolled heart, **** 4 groups bearing, so the name.

Newly bred varieties of camellias are Jinhua's Huamei red, Yudan, flower Buddha Ding, mandarin ducks Fengkuan; Sichuan's revolutionary flag, flower Wind Tail, white prongs, Chaoyangxia, pink lotus, light honor, Fontainebleau Spring, curly leaf red, beauty piece; Fujian's five-color, five-color, Yat-sheung; Hunan's Ngekou red, Purple Yupan; Shanghai's red Hainai Baozhu, yellow Hainai Baozhu, sandblasted miscellany; Wuxi's sprinkled with gold Baozhu, Xiyang dot snow; Nantong's Eighteen Bachelor, raw sand octagonal; Hangzhou's red crown, Danzhi proud sun; Wenzhou's Sai Luoyang, powder ten kinds of scenery, green beads ball, flower hibiscus.

Foreign varieties of camellias have been introduced into China one after another, mainly peonies, white swans, yellow hydrangea, white crown, big Helen, Hawaii, Magic City, Margaret, gold side of the Kona, the new Miss Charleston, hairy edge of onyx, etc., and the recent new varieties of black magic, Tianjiao, Firecracker Cloth, Cloud Spotted Marshal and Xiuyia White Teeth and so on.