General Leclerc

Camellia japonica 'Général Leclerc' is a Japanese camellia cultivar grown for its large, elegant ornamental blooms and glossy evergreen foliage. Reference material identifies it as a Camellia japonica cultivar. Although the provided source text is limited, this cultivar is generally understood to bear showy double flowers in soft pink tones, often with a formal to rose-like symmetry typical of classic japonica garden camellias. It is an evergreen shrub suited to acid, humus-rich soils and sheltered garden positions, valued for flowering from late winter into spring.