Camellia edithae 'Heimudan' Check with George and unusually cold hardy for

and unusually cold hardy for a citrus of lime character

introduced from the Salween River country by George Forrest around 1917

and quietly parted from their labels along the way

the shrub sets almost no viable seed

Beneath that ragged coat stands a tall

Camellia edithae 'Heimudan' Check with George and unusually cold hardy forMost gardeners who grow camellias know two of them. Camellia japonica opens in winter, C. sasanqua in autumn, and between the two a practiced collector can have flowers from October through March. What happens in April is generally someone else's problem. 'Heimudan' solves that problem. A cultivar of Camellia edithae, a species from the forests of southeastern China little known in Western gardens, this plant blooms in mid to late spring, through