Camellia 'Maliflora'
Credits
Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles
Recommended citation
'Camellia 'Maliflora'' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Synonyms
- Camellia × maliflora Lindl.
Other taxa in genus
- Camellia brevistyla
- Camellia caudata
- Camellia chekiangoleosa
- Camellia costei
- Camellia crapnelliana
- Camellia cuspidata
- Camellia cuspidata × C. saluenensis
- Camellia drupifera
- Camellia edithae
- Camellia forrestii
- Camellia fraterna
- Camellia furfuracea
- Camellia granthamiana
- Camellia hongkongensis
- Camellia japonica
- Camellia kissii
- Camellia lutchuensis
- Camellia oleifera
- Camellia petelotii
- Camellia pitardii
- Camellia ptilophylla
- Camellia reticulata
- Camellia rosiflora
- Camellia saluenensis
- Camellia sasanqua
- Camellia sinensis
- Camellia taliensis
- Camellia tsaii
- Camellia × vernalis
- Camellia × williamsii
- Camellia yunnanensis
Editorial Note
Treated by Bean as the species Camellia maliflora Lindl. Unknown in the wild, and now believed to be a hybrid (International Camellia Register 2025).
An evergreen shrub of bushy shape up to 6 or 8 ft high (perhaps more); young shoots downy. Leaves oval-lanceolate, tapered to both ends, shallowly toothed, 11⁄2 to 2 in. long, 1⁄2 to 11⁄4 in. wide, glossy blackish green, glabrous except on the midrib and short stalk. Flowers solitary, terminal, 1 to 11⁄2 in. across, opening in midwinter; petals numerous, soft rose-coloured; bracts very finely downy in the centre. Bot. Mag., t. 2080; Bot. Reg., t. 547.
The habitat of the plant from which this charming evergreen originated does not seem to be known, but it is no doubt Chinese. It is an excellent evergreen for a wall, even one partially shaded, where its flowers often open during the mild period that frequently precedes Christmas. It is easily recognised by its thin leaves and completely double flowers on short pedicels covered by bracteoles which grade into the sepals, and like them are green often with a red margin. The flowers fall off as a whole.
