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Broceliande

Broceliande

Bloom Form

peony

Bloom Season

mid season

Key Attributes

Cultivar NameBroceliande
SpeciesCamellia japonica
Primary Colorred
Secondary Colorwhite
Color Patternvariegated, marbled, striped
Bloom Formpeony
Bloom Seasonmid-season
Bloom Size Cm10
Growth Habitbushy

About this Camellia cultivar

Camellia 'Broceliande' is a well-known ornamental camellia cultivar valued for its large, showy bicolored flowers. It is generally recognized as a Camellia japonica type, producing peony-form to semi-double blooms with richly layered petals. The flowers are typically red to deep pink irregularly splashed, streaked, or marbled with white, giving each bloom a distinctive variegated appearance. This cultivar is grown primarily for landscape and specimen use, with glossy evergreen foliage and a dense shrubby habit typical of japonica camellias. In the absence of definitive provenance in the provided source, historical details are uncertain, but the cultivar is widely appreciated for its dramatic winter to spring floral display.

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Broceliande