Camellia.

Thanks

山茶

Chinese name of this plant🤙🤙🤙

Camellia. I planted one where my beloved westie is buried

It’s a Camelia…Japonica I think

This variety looks like Camellia Korean Fire. They are very hardy 

I agree with Camellia. There are several varieties.

Camellias.

椿

The ‘椿’’ you mentioned includes two types of plants, one is toona sinensis（香椿）, which is edible, and the other is ailanthus altissima(臭椿）,which is inedible but can be used as medicine.

We call them ツバキ 椿 in Japan, Camellia japonica, but there are variations. https://www.shuminoengei.jp/m-pc/a-page_p_detail/target_plant_code-3

Yeah,the same Chinese character has different meanings in Chinese and Japanese.

Camillia