What's the name of this plant?

[MuirView Design]

Anyone know what this is called? It's really a beautiful rose type flower with evergreen foilage. Never seen it before.

[GreenMonster]

Is that flowering now?

If it was a Chaenomeles, Flowering Quince, it might be flowering in your neck of the woods now, late May up here.

[NCSULandscaper]

its a variety of Camellia japonica


needs some serious fertilizing too

[danf]

I've never seen one quite like that....

My guess (and it's just that- a GUESS) is it's some sort of rhododendron with double flowers..... Got a better pic or two? Maybe one of the buds, stems, etc?

[danf]

Unless he took that pic outside of PA, I don't think it's a Camellia. It gets too cold there. ;)

[CaptainsLS]

its a variety of Camellia japonica


needs some serious fertilizing too

You hit it right on the head. I just saw a Camellia today in bloom at a specialized garden center, as I understand it, they arent zoned to live in my area but they sure are nice looking.

My garden center also told me they had a new cross breed crape myrtle made for zone 5 on special order. Anyone hear anything about these new crapes?

[MuirView Design]

Yep, definitely Camellia....thanks! It is definitely hurting and suffered some serious winter burn. Pretty flower though.

[ClearValley]

Adam,

Did you check it for scale?
Think camellia is pretty susceptable.

[4seasons]

Captain
I have one at my house. I'm waiting to see if its alive yet.
My nursery sells them also.

[NCSULandscaper]

My garden center also told me they had a new cross breed crape myrtle made for zone 5 on special order. Anyone hear anything about these new crapes?

They have some new dwarf weeping crapes that are hardy to -15F. Ive seen them used in hanging baskets.........havent seen any tree formed thats hardy past zone 6

[MuirView Design]

Adam,

Did you check it for scale?
Think camellia is pretty susceptable.

How do you check?

[4seasons]

little half moon scabs on the branches. They will suck the life right out of a plant.

[NCSULandscaper]

tea scale hits camellias the worst, they are an underleaf scale, just turn the leaves over to see if you see a cottony lump........otherwise its easy to see scale on stems, look like tiny white oysters

[ClearValley]

Adam they are a sucking insect like a mite or lace bug aphid etc. Sometimes you will notice sticky or shiny substance on the leaves ( very common with aphids it's their piss)) they harm the plant by taking sugars out of the leaf and disrupting phot-synthesis. Using horticultural oils will control the insects . Spraying late spring and summer will control the crawlers which do the most damage. Good fertilization will help increase vigor of plant. Corrective pruning as well. Like NCSU wrote you can see them on the stems or there maybe white specks on leaves ( underside) Prognosis is usually good unless plant has been severally hammered

[landdesign]

Definitley a Camellia. Looks like it is in a very exposed site...pretty burned up. That sucks, because the blooms will usually fall right off or turn brown.

Beautiful plant if in a protected area though.

[GroundScapes]

YuleTide Camellia, their name comes from the time of year they bloom. Depending on the location they usually bloom shortly after Christmas.

[chesie]

Not a Yuletide. Yuletides are not double blossoms and they have yellow centers.

[JimLewis]

Sorry to bring up an old thread. Definitely a camellia.

I can't tell for sure if that's a Camellia Sasanqua or a Camellia Japonica.

What time of year was the photo taken? I was trying to figure out of the Jap. maple behind was just losing it's leaves in the fall or just getting new ones in the spring.

Camellia Sasanqua blooms in the fall. Japonica blooms in the spring. So the time of year the photo was taken will tell which one it is. But I am 100% sure it's a camellia. Very common along the West Coast.

As for naming the exact variety. LOL. Good luck there. If you can name the exact variety without being there and living in a totally different state from just one photo.....well, you're a better man than I am.