Camellia flowers grow at the top of branches, most of which are red or light red, and some are white. Petals are mostly double petals, but also single petal varieties. Because of its many petals, it tends to be multi-layered. The outer layer is nearly round, while the inner layer is obovoid. It has three stamens, about 3 cm in length.
1. Single petal type: the camellia of single petal type is mostly original, and there are also some cultivated varieties. The petals were distributed in 1-2 rounds in about 5-7 pieces. Most of the colors are red, there are also peach red and purple red.
2. Compound Petals: the number of petals of compound petals of camellia is between single petal and double petal, usually from 20 to 50 petals, in 3-5 rounds. The colors are red, pink and white. It can be divided into four flower types, which are double petal type, five-star type, lotus type and Pinball type. All kinds of flower patterns are like their names, some are like lotus, some are like pine balls.
3. Double petals: the number of double petals of camellia is more than 50, and the cultivated varieties can even reach as many as 130. It can be divided into seven flower types, namely, tuogui type, chrysanthemum type, hibiscus type, crown type, Hydrangea type, radial type and rose type. There are red, yellow, white, purple, and color stripes and so on.