Xmas Candy
Key Attributes
| Cultivar Name | Xmas Candy |
| Species | Camellia vernalis |
| Primary Color | white |
| Secondary Color | pink |
| Color Pattern | pink-edged and striped on white petals |
| Bloom Form | formal-double |
| Bloom Season | early |
| Growth Habit | upright |
About this Camellia cultivar
Camellia 'Xmas Candy', often sold as 'Christmas Candy', is a camellia cultivar noted for its festive bicolored flowers. Reference material identifies it as Camellia vernalis. The blooms are typically formal-double to very full double in appearance, with white petals distinctly edged, striped, or picoteed in pink to red, giving a candy-striped effect. It is valued as an early-season flowering evergreen shrub that provides color around late fall to early winter, consistent with its name and vernalis background. The plant is generally dense and upright to bushy in habit, with glossy dark green foliage typical of camellias, making it useful as an ornamental specimen, hedge, or foundation shrub.
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