Common Name:
Camellia
Plant Type:
Evergreen shrub
Family:
Theaceae (The Tea Family)
Geographic Origin:
Hybrid origin
California Native?:
No

Plant Size:
to 4-5 feet
Landscape/Garden Uses:
Foundation plantings
Flowering Season:
Spring

Flower Color:
Light pink
Exposure:
Light shade
Soils:
Well-drained soil

Suggested Irrigation:
Moderate watering
Estimated Hardiness:
Hardy to 15-20 degrees F.

Pendulous branches carry the small, fragrant, blush pink flowers that shade to pale pink in center. Plants are slower to develop than some camellia cultivars, but growth stays dense. Flowers are a loose peony form and appear in winter and spring. Camellias thrive in sun or shade along the coast but need some shading during summer heat inland. Though they tolerate many soils, they grow best and show the beautiful deep greens for which their leaves are noted in well drained, acid soils, with moderate to regular watering.