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Brilliant red flowers characterize the Lion Head Camellia. Among the thickly twisted petals, stamens bunch in small groups, providing golden blotches of color within the deep red blossoms. To the Chinese, the stamens represents hearts, and they call the Lion Head "Nine Hearts and Eighteen Petals." The lovely Lion Head blossoms grow from one of the taller Camellia trees. Like all the Camellia trees, they grow slowly, especially when young. However, when planted in moist, acid, peaty soil, and protected from the wind, a well-grown Camellia reaches approximately ten feet in twenty years. Perhaps these leisurely growing habits add to their longevity, because many Camellias live hundreds of years. In a temple garden, near Kunming, Yunnan's capital, one Camellia tree is reputed to be over three hundred years old and five hundred feet tall. At one time, western gardeners knew nothing of these Chinese beauties. In 1704, Georg Kamel, a Jesuit priest serving in China, discovered the Camellia. Th...