Swan Lake White
Key Attributes
| Cultivar Name | Monke |
| Species | Camellia japonica |
| Primary Color | white |
| Color Pattern | solid |
| Bloom Form | formal-double |
| Bloom Season | mid-season |
| Growth Habit | upright |
About this Camellia cultivar
A white-flowering Camellia japonica cultivar sold as Swan Lake® Camellia, with the cultivar name 'Monke'. It is valued for its elegant, formal-looking white blooms and glossy evergreen foliage typical of japonica camellias. The flowers are refined and symmetrical in appearance, making it well suited for woodland gardens, foundation plantings, and sheltered shrub borders. As a japonica, it is inferred to have a dense evergreen shrub habit and to bloom from winter into early spring, with ornamental value enhanced by dark green leathery leaves.
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