Whats Blooming....Camellias!

Photos of several of the many bushes that grace the gardens at Flyboy Naturals...these beauties are a stunning addition to our farm!

A few details you may not know....

Camellia is a genus of flowering plants in the familyTheaceae. They are found in eastern and southern Asia, from the Himalayas east to Japan and Indonesia. There are 100–250 described species, with some controversy over the exact number. 

The genus was named by Linnaeus after the Jesuit botanist Georg Joseph Kamel, who worked in the Philippines, though he never described a camellia. This genus is famous throughout East Asia; camellias are known ascháhuā (茶花) in Chinese, "tea flower", an apt designation, as tsubaki (椿) in Japanese, as dongbaek-kkot (동백꽃) in Korean and as hoa trà or hoa chè in Vietnamese.  Wikipedia

Camellias make excellent cut flowers...also lovely when you float the blossoms in a crystal bowl.

Flyboy Naturals farm in the Pacific Northwest has a wonderful collection...just beginning to bloom! 

They are spectacular!  Do you have camellia's blooming in your area? If so, what color are they?