Category:Pillnitz Camellia

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Deutsch: Die Pillnitzer Kamelie ist eine etwa 250 Jahre alte Camellia japonica im Schlosspark Pillnitz in Dresden. Sie besitzt ein mobiles Schutzhaus.
English: The Pillnitz Camellia in the garden of Pillnitz Palace is about 250 years old and one of the oldest camellias in Europe. The camellia was introduced to European cultivation in 1739 by Robert James, Lord Petre. In 1776, four camellias were brought from Japan to Kew Gardens by Carl Peter Thunberg, the Swedish naturalist and student of Carl Linnaeus. One of the four remained in Kew, and the others were moved to the gardens at Herrenhausen (Hannover), at Schönbrunn (Vienna), and at Pillnitz (Dresden), indicating the historic importance of Pillnitz as a collection of botanical rarities. While the other three have died, the Pillnitz Camellia continues to thrive and has reached a height of 8.9 meters and a spread of 11 meters. In the winter, it is enclosed in a mobile protective greenhouse. During the flowering season from February to April, it brings forth as many as 35,000 unscented, carmine red blossoms.
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LocationDresden, Saxony, Germany
Map51° 00′ 42.48″ N, 13° 52′ 10.56″ E
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