Camellia lutchuensis 26/5 Restock The Florida maple is built

The Florida maple is built for heat in a way the northern relative is not

makes a very refreshing orange ade

arranged in a clean flat ring around a generous bright yellow stamen boss

quiet and steely and worked over by the first butterflies of the season

airy site with very sharp drainage

Camellia lutchuensis 26/5 Restock The Florida maple is builtFragrance is the rarest thing in a camellia, and Camellia lutchuensis is the great exception, a species grown less for the size of the flower than for the scent that rises from it. The blooms are small, single, and white around a center of yellow stamens, carried in profusion on a twiggy, airy shrub, and they release a sweet, sometimes spicy perfume unusual in a genus famous for having almost none. The name records the origin. Lutchu, or Loochoo, is