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Camellia japonica 'Catherine Cathcart'

Camellia japonica 'Catherine Cathcart'

Bloom Form

formal double

Bloom Season

mid season

Key Attributes

Cultivar NameCatherine Cathcart
SpeciesCamellia japonica
Primary Colorpink
Color Patternsolid
Bloom Formformal-double
Bloom Seasonmid-season
Growth Habitupright

About this Camellia cultivar

Camellia japonica 'Catherine Cathcart' is a japonica cultivar listed in specialist camellia reference collections. It is an evergreen ornamental camellia grown for its showy formal to highly ordered double blooms and glossy foliage. Based on standard descriptions of this cultivar name in camellia collections, it is best characterized as a pink, formal-double flowered japonica with a refined, symmetrical bloom typical of exhibition-style cultivars. As a Camellia japonica selection, it is likely to flower from mid-season onward on a dense evergreen shrub with dark green leaves.

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Camellia japonica 'Catherine Cathcart'