Camellia japonica 'Hishi-karaito'

Camellia japonica 'Hishi-karaito' is a Japanese camellia cultivar noted for its unusual, highly decorative flowers. The bloom is typically white to creamy white and composed of narrow, twisted, thread-like petaloids that create a light, shaggy, chrysanthemum-like effect, placing it closest to the anemone flower form. It is an old Japanese cultivar of C. japonica, valued for its distinctive floral structure rather than bold color. Like many japonica cultivars, it is an evergreen shrub with glossy dark green foliage and a generally upright to bushy habit, flowering in the main camellia season from winter into spring, most likely mid-season.