Birth flower for November 7
Kantsubaki camellia
Meaning: Charm, modesty
Kantsubaki is a Japanese garden camellia usually thought to be a hybrid of sasanqua and the common camellia. Its best known cultivar, Shishigashira, grows low and wide, so it is planted as hedges and ground cover. It opens deep rose semi-double flowers in the coldest months, and like a sasanqua it sheds its petals one at a time instead of dropping whole flowers.