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5' Flowering Tree Identity??

greenthumbamateur

16 years ago

We just recently moved in to a new house and I need help figuring out the name of a flowering tree, I think, in my landscaping. I live in Northern Florida and it has been blooming large pink unscented flowers for the past month (December & now January).

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GAAlan
16 years ago
Camellia japonica
rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
16 years ago
That poor camellia in all of that sunlight, and against the white reflective siding! Perhaps that location receives just the morning sun?
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greenthumbamateur
Original Author
16 years ago
Thanks, Gaalan! I spent hours last night trying to google descriptions of the camellia to figure out what it was so I would know how to care for it but had no luck. Then today I came across this forum. :-)

Rhizo_1 - It receives a few hours of afternoon sunlight. The shape of our house protects it from direct sunlight for the most part. It seems to be doing ok. ???Granted, we just moved in about two months ago so we'll see.

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