동백나무 '알바 플레나'-camellia japonica alba plena

Camellia japonica가 무려 174종

과명	Theaceae (차나무과)	속명	Camellia (동백나무속)
전체학명	Camellia japonica 'Alba Plena'	추천명	동백나무 '알바 플레나'
이명	흰겹동백나무	외국명	camellia 'Alba Plena'

• Other common namescamellia 'Alba Plena'
• FamilyTheaceae
• GenusCamellia are evergreen shrubs with simple, ovate, glossy, leathery leaves and showy flowers with solitary or clustered flowers early in the year
• Details'Alba Plena' is an upright evergreen shrub with rather light green foliage and medium-sized, white, formal double flowers in spring

Camellia japonica 'Alba Plena' (d) | camellia 'Alba Plena'/RHS Gardening

 

One of the original camellia varieties to be recognised by the modern world. Alba Plena is first listed in Andrew's Botanical Repository in 1797 and again in the 1812 Botanical Repository.

This cultivar was brough to England from China in 1792 by Captain John Corner on the East Indiaman "Carnatic". It was then introduced to the USA by Floy in 1800 for John Stevens of New Jersey.

The camellia bears a full double, symetrically imbricated (formal), medium to large size, white flower, showing no stamens and opening flat. It is about 10cm across and 3.5cm deep. The petals decrease in size towards the centre. A medium to slow growing plant with light green foliage, leaves ovate. Sometimes twisted and turned down at the apex.

An early example can be found at the recently restored Chiswick House, in their Camellia Conservatory.
Chiswick run an annual Camellia Festival. Details can be found here

Chiswick House & Gardens