When you visit the park grounds of the CA State Indian Museum and Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park, you will see a variety of plants native to California. There is a tree, however, that while it is not native to California, it is special to the City of Sacramento, our Camellia tree just west of the pond. On February 9, 1852, James Lloyd Laffeyette Franklin Warren sold the first camellia seeds, from a shipment he received two days prior, at his New England Seed Store on J Street between Front and Second Streets in what is today Old Sacramento State Historic Park. Warren is credited with introducing camellias to Sacramento. This introduction made the popularity of this plant to grow in the Capital City. In the 1920s, Sacramento was dubbed the "Camellia City of the World" and in 1941 the camellia became the official flower of our city. Make sure to stop by soon and see our camellia tree and other trees and plants in full bloom! In this video, Channey discussed the camellia tree on the ...