Iwane-shibori Camellia
Key Attributes
| Cultivar Name | Iwane-shibori |
| Species | Camellia japonica |
| Primary Color | rose-red |
| Secondary Color | white |
| Color Pattern | mottled with white spots and variegation |
| Bloom Form | semi-double |
| Bloom Season | mid-season |
| Growth Habit | upright |
About this Camellia cultivar
Camellia japonica 'Iwane-shibori' is a Japanese camellia cultivar valued for its medium-sized bicolored flowers and lustrous evergreen foliage. Reference sources describe the blooms as single to semi-double, with showy semi-double rose-red flowers irregularly mottled or spotted with white, giving a variegated shibori effect. It is an upright, rounded to upright-spreading multi-stemmed evergreen shrub, typically reaching about 12 feet tall and 10 feet wide. Flowering occurs from mid-winter to early spring, and the plant is noted for glossy, dark green, pointed leaves that remain attractive year-round.
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