5 Camellia Flower Facts, Coco Chanel Favorite Flower

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JAKARTA - Camel flowers are beautiful flowers that usually grow and bloom during winter. These flowers are usually called winter roses or the queen of winter flowers.

Besides looking like a rose, camelia flowers also have similar shapes such as anemones or peony. These flowers can bloom in single, double, and semi-double forms in a variety of colors such as red, pink, white, or mixed with these colors.

But, apart from being charming, there are many interesting facts that can be discussed about camelia flowers. What are these facts? The following is his explanation, launching Better Homes & Gardens, Monday, May 22.

From Asia, this flower has more than 200 species and thousands of varieties. The most popular types of camelia in America are Japonica, sasanquas, and reticulata, said William Khoury, garden supervisors for the American Camellia Society and Massee Lane Gardens in Georgia. Plant lovers often create a large series of camelia flowers consisting of various types to be exhibited at flower exhibitions.

In addition to flooding in winter, camelia flowers can also last for months between autumn and spring. For the fall, Khoury recommends planting sasanquas, which she describes as "plants that like sunlight with small leaves and blooms". Some Japonica cultivators will also bloom from autumn to spring. Khoury notes that the reticulata have the largest flowers, tend to bloom at the end of winter and spring, and can be more cold-sensitive.

Khoury said the breeders were working on a new camelia hybrid that could bloom in the summer. There is only one, Wendzalea, which is currently available in the US. The flowers, which are reddish red, semi-double, bloom from July to November and bloom again from February to March. Camellia must be bred with wild species from China, C. azalea (which is not a true azalea) to bloom in the summer or bloom again. The new Kultivar is also being developed in trendy colors, such as yellow and purple.

Cinema sinensis, is the most popular camelia species and is not planted in home gardens. This species is used specifically for teamaking. This plant is part of American history where, a number of times spent throwing camelia flowers during the Boston Tea Festival as a form of protest over tax increases.

This is the first event that unites the invaders to fight for independence from Great Britain. So it can be said that camelia played an important role in starting the American Revolution.

Kamelia flowers are favorites of famous fashion designer Coco Chanel. This elegant flower image often appears in jewelry, handbags, clothing, and other products of Chanel. Another reason Coco Chanel likes this flower is that it is not so fragrant, so it does not compete with its distinctive perfume aroma, Chanel No.5.