Camellia japonica 'Ballet Dancer'
Key Attributes
| Cultivar Name | Ballet Dancer |
| Species | Camellia japonica |
| Primary Color | pink |
| Color Pattern | solid |
| Bloom Form | formal-double |
| Bloom Season | mid-season |
| Growth Habit | bushy |
About this Camellia cultivar
Camellia japonica 'Ballet Dancer' is an ornamental Japanese camellia cultivar grown for its elegant, formal-looking blooms and glossy evergreen foliage. Based on the cultivar name and standard characteristics of Camellia japonica garden forms, it is a mid-season flowering shrub with a refined, decorative habit suitable for woodland gardens and sheltered borders. The flowers appear pink, likely soft to medium pink, and are fully double in appearance, giving a poised, layered effect suggestive of its name. Like many japonica cultivars, it is expected to form a dense evergreen shrub with dark green leathery leaves and a neat garden presence.
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