Camellia granthamiana Best Seller Fast-growing and forgiving of most

Fast-growing and forgiving of most soils so long as drainage is decent

In Japan the branches are one of the plants used for chabana

The leaves are lance-shaped and lacquered

European settlers

so skip the fertilizer and let the plant thrive on lean ground

Camellia granthamiana Best Seller Fast-growing and forgiving of mostHigh in the shaded ravines of Hong Kong's Tai Mo Shan, a single camellia tree stood unrecognized until 1955, when the Agricultural, Fisheries and Conservation Department documented an unexpected beauty among the undergrowth. The botanist J. R. Sealy soon described a new species and named the tree Camellia granthamiana, honoring the then Governor Sir Alexander Grantham. For years that lone specimen stood as the only known plant of the kind. A few more