Paradise Helen
Key Attributes
| Cultivar Name | Paradise Helen |
| Species | Camellia sasanqua |
| Primary Color | pink |
| Secondary Color | yellow |
| Color Pattern | solid pink petals with contrasting yellow stamens |
| Bloom Form | semi-double |
| Bloom Season | early |
| Fragrance | lightly fragrant |
| Growth Habit | bushy |
About this Camellia cultivar
Camellia 'Paradise Helen' is a Camellia sasanqua cultivar grown for its profuse seasonal display and versatile garden use. As a sasanqua camellia, it is typically valued for flowering in the earlier camellia season, glossy evergreen foliage, and a dense, useful shrub habit suited to hedging, screening, espalier, or specimen planting. The cultivar is generally described as bearing soft pink blooms with a neat, semi-double appearance and visible yellow stamens, creating a decorative but relatively light-textured flower display compared with fully double japonica forms.
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