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The Company's John Slater was responsible for the first of the new camellias, double ones, in white and a striped red, imported in 1792. Further camellias imported in the East Indiamen were associated with the patrons whose gardeners grew them: a double red for Sir Robert Preston in 1794 and the pale pink named "Lady Hume's Blush" for Amelia ...
Candy canes are a peppermint treat long associated with Christmas. Learn their history, including why they were first made with red and white stripes.
As of 2016, a number of camellia cultivars hold the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. [1] Camellias are popular shrubs of medium to large size (typically 1 to 4 cubic metres (35 to 141 cu ft)), originating in China and the far east.
Camellia: Constancy and ... striped: Refusal, no, "sorry I can't be with you" [5] [4] solid color: Yes, affirmative [4] ... red and white together: Unity [5] [4] red ...
For generations, camellias have inspired passion and art — French author Alexandre Dumas' famous 1848 novel "La Dame aux Camélias" (The Lady of the Camellias) centered on a doomed courtesan who ...
In a photo from 2023, Tom Nuccio's cracked, lined hands tenderly cradle a camellia known as Pink Perfection, one of dozens bred by Nuccio's Nurseries in Altadena, a 90-year-old nursery ...
Camellia japonica is valued for its flowers, which can be single, semi-double or double flowered. [7] There are more than 2,000 cultivars developed from C. japonica. The shade of the flowers can vary from red to pink to white; they sometimes have multi-coloured stripes or specks.
Camellia × williamsii is a cultivar group of hybrid evergreen shrubs that are derived from a crossing of Camellia saluenensis with Camellia japonica. [1] It was originally bred in 1923 at Caerhays Castle in Cornwall by John Charles Williams .