Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'La Peppermint'

Well, the confusion about naming that Robert Rubel tried to fix when he started Longview Nursery outside Mobile in 1915 seems to be still...Read More with us! 'La Peppermint' was created by him in 1934, as the Camellia Registry will tell you. There are older European varieties that are similar, but that photograph looks a lot like it - the variable flowers are normal.

mswestover - your camellia is beautiful, but it definitely is not 'La Peppermint'. La Peppermint blooms are white or pale pink stripped w...Read Moreith carmine.
This is an old variety (pre 1900) that is not seen frequently. After 10 years (from cutting), my plant is approximately 4 ft tall. I enjoy when this variety blooms, because every bloom has slightly difference stripping; and occasionally it sports unique flowers.

The plant was here when I bought this place five years ago. It has only grown two feet in those five years. Flowers like crazy in Feb. It...Read More is growing under a live oak tree.