After being discovered in China in 1986, the ever-blooming Camellia azalea Wei. opened up a new realm of breeding possibilities. The highly desirable ever-blooming trait of this species seeded the potential for year-round color on camellia plants andin camellia gardens. Most camellias grace us with color for one to two months of the year and are not year-long bloomers because they grow in phases of vegetative or reproductive growth. C. azalea blooms every month of the year and is very different fromother members of the genus in that it produces continual asynchronous flushes of vegetative and reproductive growth. If a plant is large enough, all stages of growth from small flower buds to full open flowers are present on the plant most of the year.
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