Guilio Nuccio Variegated Camellia
Common Name: Guilio Nuccio Variegated Camellia
Scientific Name: Camellia japonica ‘Guilio Nuccio Variegated’
Origin: Hybrid
Family: Theaceae
Bloom time: February - March
Before spring summons bountiful tulips to boxwood beds in the Levy Parterre, the Guilio Nuccio Variegated Camellia offers frilly marbled coral-pink blooms arranged in layers around bright yellow stamens. Camellias – often the showiest specimens during cold-weather months – are considered symbols of luck for the Chinese New Year.