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handsome tree

single garden specimens

For all but hot afternoon sun and even tolerates light shade

Camellia 'Debutante Benton' Bold Foliage takil when actually they haveCamellia 'Debutante', a close relative, is a slow growing shrub, to 6 8 ft tall though taller with great age, with the typical green, glossy leaves of C. japonica and, in spring, large, pink, peony like flowers. The Japanese cultivar 'Debutante Benton', brought to us by Lance Reiners, is a variegated form, adding the interest of slightly ruffle edged leaves decorated with a central golden marking or blotch. Evergreen, of course, and happy in dappled