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Camellias are a popular flowering woody ornamental. Some species are adapted to many climates and are quite tolerant of shade and/or adverse conditions. An additional attractive quality is their colorful display of flowers in fall and winter. Commercially, Camellia japonica and C. sasanqua are propagated by cuttings. Those species that do notroot as readily, such as C. reticulata, are generally propagated by approach grafting. Camellias can also be propagated from seed but do not come true. These traditional methods of propagation are time-consuming, and camellia propagation probably would be more efficient if tissue culture techniques were used.
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Torres, K.C. (1989). Micropropagation of Camellia . In: Tissue Culture Techniques for Horticultural Crops. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9756-8_10
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