Camellias @ $34.99, 10 for $33.99 each, 20 for $32.99 each

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Japonica. Beautiful camellia of double white fading to a creamy yellow centre. One of my Gran's favourites. Compact, bushy, upright, evergreen shrub, valued for luxuriant rich green foliage and anemone-form. Prefers sheltered site, sunny or shade, and any well drained neutral/acid soil.

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Japonica. Medium to large, double peony form flowers open to soft pink, then delicately fade to blush pink, and show beautifully serrated petal margins. Blooms early to mid season.

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Hybrid. Fabulously fragrant, pale-pink, fading to white, blooms that have a full and ruffled form. Vigorous growth habit. A lovely Camellia raised in NZ by Jim Finlay. Plant in semi-shade in a position to take advantage of the perfume. Evergreen.

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Hiemalis. Semi-double blooms of bright cerise with a slightly paler center appear in abundance throughout autumn. A shrub in full bloom simply glows with colour. Easy to grow. Happiest in semi-shade with acid soil. Evergreen.

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Blooms are glossy salmon red, large and semi-double with distinctive creped petals. Medium compact upright growth with distinctive serrated foliage not unlike holly leaves hence the name. Happiest in morning sun or semi-shade. Japonica, evergreen.

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Sasanqua. An oldie but a goodie, this award winning Camellia has pretty double blooms of soft shell pink set against dark green foliage. Suitable for hedging or espalier work. Generous with bloom in autumn and easy to grow. Happiest in semi-shade with acid soil. Evergreen.

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Sasanqua. Soft warm pink semi-double to peony flowers, with wavy petals and dark green glossy foliage. Dense habit with vigorous upright growth. Excellent as a specimen plant and ideal for screens, hedging, large containers and espaliers. Early flowering in autumn and winter. Evergreen.

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This newby has large, rose form blooms that are a deep pink with yellow stamens standing proud of the open flower. It has a medium, upright growth habit and is certainly worthy of a space in the planting scheme. Happiest with morning sun or part shade. Hybrid. Evergreen.

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Hybrid. The deliciously creamy flowers of t uhis Camellia look good enough to eat with your pudding! Vigorous and profuse flowering from early autumn through to spring. Very showy, and well worth planting. Happiest in semi-shade with acid soil. Evergreen. Bred in NZ.

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Named after Kate Sheppard campaigner for womens suffrage in NZ and created for the 100th anniversary in 1993. This gorgeous camellia has large white informal double anemone flowers, sometimes with a touch of pale pink. It has a strong bushy growth. Japonica.