Flower of the month – March 2020
KINGDOM: Plantae
ORDER: Ericales
FAMILY: Theaceae
GENUS: Camellia
SPECIES: C. sasanqua
There are over 180 other species of camellia – and include the tea camellia – C. sinensis (all the world’s tea – black and green – comes from plantations of Camellia sinensis). Camellias are evergreen shrubs mostly with dark green slightly waxy leaves which from Autumn through Winter and then into Spring – depending on species and variety.