US National Arboretum Picture of the Week Answer -

Answer to the Front Page Picture of the Week Question
for February 9th - February 18th, 2004

Picture of the flower of Camellia japonica

These are the flower of camellia, Camellia japonica.
It is the species form of one of our most popular evergreen shrubs and has much
smaller flowers with a single row of petals. This camellia was collected from the
northern part of the natural range of the species and is much hardier than most
camellias (USDA hardiness zones 6 through 9). This plant is attractive to bees,
butterflies and/or birds and the flowers are fragrant. You can see this
special camellia in the Asian Collections.

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