Catherine Nuccio
Key Attributes
| Cultivar Name | Catherine Nuccio |
| Species | Camellia japonica |
| Hybridizer | Nuccio's Nurseries |
| Primary Color | pink |
| Secondary Color | red |
| Color Pattern | solid |
| Bloom Form | peony |
| Bloom Season | mid-season |
| Bloom Size Cm | 12 |
| Growth Habit | upright |
About this Camellia cultivar
Catherine Nuccio is a well-known camellia japonica cultivar valued for its large, showy peony to rose-form-double style blooms in rich rose-pink to red-pink tones. It is widely grown as an ornamental camellia and is appreciated for its bold flower presence, glossy evergreen foliage, and vigorous upright to bushy habit. This cultivar is commonly recognized as a mid-season bloomer and is frequently used as a specimen shrub in mild-climate gardens.
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