Check website:

http://www.camforest.com/

Their Sasanqua or Sasanqua hybrids are great, including Christmas Eve, Christmas Rose and Kai Mei's Choice. My personal favorite is Midnight Lover. You should ask them the timing of flowering as well as their recommendation.

You can try Yuletide

I am in zone 8 and just bought 'Rosea Plena' although it is not red but a lovely pink/white loaded with buds so I am thinking there will be blooms in Dec. This plant is said to be 8-10 feet.

Donna

Camellia vernalis 'Yuletide' is the obvious choice for a red single.

I had the wonderful experience of looking into my first camellia about a week ago at an old delapadated falling down deserted home on an old street in searcy.
at first I thought the deep red flowers where some kind of Holly plant because of the beautiful dark evergreen foliage, then I visited the plant a second time and looked at the flowers again and thought they resembled a carnation more. A friend of mine told me it was a camellia plant and after looking around the internet I've come to the realization, this must be a Japonica Professor Sergeant plant. The plant has many full blooming flowers and many buds still coming on. This plant is about 7 feet tall and about 3 feet across and was planted on the NE corner of the house adjacent to the front porch overhang. I know, Ive probably said a lot more than what you expected, but I'm very excited about discovering the Camellia and in particular the Professor Sergeant.

I think the Yuletide is a good selection for December blooming, too. In fact, I'm ordering some in Feb.

A friend just gave me a red camellia. And I'm wondering if its the Professor Sergeant that 'shaun' is talking about. The lady said she couldn't remember the name, but it had a 'military' sound to it.

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Whoops! Sorry I didn't get the photo of the camellia posted on the previous post! Does anyone know what variety this is? Or if its the Professor Sergeant?

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I'd like to root these cuttings, but I don't know if this is the appropriate time of the year or not. Is the wood too old to root?

I"ve tried several times to root mine at various times of the year, and I guess new growth that's hardened to a degree is considered easiest, though I think mine taken in the spring , since mine indoors has a habit of forming buds at odd times of the year, took at least three months to root, though it's the first time I've even succeeded in getting it to root. I would guess however, once that newest growth has gotten to flowering stage it's maybe a bit past prime rooting time? I took two cuttings, one of which had a small flower bud started already, and one with just a normal leaf bud, and the flower one rooted first and the bud is now expanding after beginning to form almost nine months ago. It's also a bit surprising , since that bud has taken so many months from the beginning, that it's managed to survive, since I would think there's a certain limit on how long each bud should take from formation to flowering? It's however not a "done deal" yet, and I still have my fingers crossed that the bud won't abort before it's totaly opened! I'd also add, for a cutting to root well, normal advise is that all flower buds should be removed least the plant put valuable energy that should be used for rooting , into growing the flowers!