Camellia granthamiana Best Seller The leaves are lance-shaped and

The leaves are lance-shaped and lacquered

In Japan the branches are one of the plants used for chabana

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European settlers

feeding people and wildlife alike

Camellia granthamiana Best Seller The leaves are lance-shaped andHigh in the shaded ravines of Hong Kong's Tai Mo Shan, a single camellia tree stood unrecognized until 1955, when the Agricultural, Fisheries and Conservation Department documented an unexpected beauty among the undergrowth. The botanist J. R. Sealy soon described a new species and named the tree Camellia granthamiana, honoring the then Governor Sir Alexander Grantham. For years that lone specimen stood as the only known plant of the kind. A few more