camellias

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The little garden was white and pink with roses and camellias, and the tubbed mandarins were heavy with fruit.

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  1. noun Any of several evergreen shrubs or small trees of the genus Camellia native to eastern Asia, especially C. japonica, having shiny leaves and showy roselike flowers that are usually red, white, or pink.

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  • Rhododendrons, camellias, azaleas and early flowering plants will often benefit from being covered with some type of cloth material during extremely cold weather .. —  CITIZEN-TIMES.com - News
  • Coffee grounds make great mulch for roses and other blooming plants, especially those that love acid soils such as camellias or azaleas. —  Merced Sun-Star: front
  • So Lagerfeld laid out all the trappings in black and white, with classic boucle cardigan jackets and little black dresses trimmed in rows of white camellias, and black coats with frilly white cravats and cuffs. —  post-gazette.com - News
  • The variety of fuchsias, camellias, magnolias, birches et al that you will get to see will leave you glued for hours. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • The little garden was white and pink with roses and camellias, and the tubbed mandarins were heavy with fruit And this is March!" —  The Lure of the Mask
 

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