Lipstick
Key Attributes
| Cultivar Name | Lipstick |
| Species | Camellia japonica |
| Primary Color | white |
| Secondary Color | red |
| Color Pattern | red-edged and irregularly marked on white petals |
| Bloom Form | formal-double |
| Bloom Season | mid-season |
| Growth Habit | upright |
About this Camellia cultivar
Lipstick is a Camellia japonica cultivar grown for its striking bicolored blooms, typically white petals edged or streaked with bright red, giving a hand-painted 'lipstick' effect. It is generally recognized as an ornamental evergreen camellia with showy formal to rose-form double flowers and glossy dark green foliage. As a japonica camellia, it is typically a dense, upright shrub valued for winter to early spring color in shaded gardens and woodland settings.
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