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Camellia `Phyl Doak` (C. saluenensis x C.reticulata)

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Camellia `Phyl Doak` (C. saluenensis x C.reticulata)
Family Theaceae
Genus Camellia
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Common Name(s) Camellia
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Camellia `Phyl Doak` (C. saluenensis x C.reticulata)

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Camellia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Theaceae, native to eastern and southern Asia from the Himalaya east to Japan and Indonesia.
There are somewhere between 100–250 species.
They are evergreen shrubs and small trees 2–20 m tall. The leaves are alternately arranged, simple, thick, serrated, usually glossy, and 3–17 cm long. The flowers are large and conspicuous, 1–12 cm diameter, with (in natural conditions) 5–9 petals; colour varies from white to pink and red, and yellow in a few species.

Camellia  `Phyl Doak` (C. saluenensis x C.reticulata) bears medium to large pale pink semi-double. A dense compact bush. Starts to flower early and continues over a long season.

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