Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Mansize'

Camellia japonica 'Mansize' apparently was named by a disgruntled newly divorced woman camellia breeder. The flower is actually quite sma...Read Morell...

Walter F. Wilson, USA 1961 - Rego No. 581

I've had 'Man Size' Camellia in my Zone 7-A yard in Petersburg, Virginia, for about five years. It was in a one gallon pot when I got it...Read More, but it's in a five gallon pot now. It has been up against the garage through summer and winter, and it made it through the unusually cold winter of 2015 without any damage. Its foliage is healthy, and it blooms: truly, a beautiful plant. I'm slowly limbing it up, training it to be more of a small tree. It was registered in 1961 in Hammond, Louisiana by Walter F. Wilson, Jr., so it should be patent-free by now.