Plants in genus camellia
Camellia japonica 'Pink Perfection'
This plant features pale pink fully double flowers and glossy deep green foliage, blooming from late winter through early spring. It grows in USDA hardiness zones 7-10 and prefers moist, acidic, well-draining soil. It reaches a mature size of 7-12 feet tall and 5-8 feet wide.
Camellia sasanqua 'Pink Perplexion'
Camellia sasanqua 'Pink Perplexion' is an evergreen shrub with a semi-dwarf, rounded growth habit, reaching 4-5 feet in height and width. It features dark green, leathery leaves and produces pink double blooms. This camellia thrives in USDA zones 7-9, preferring full sun to partial shade and rich, acidic soil with good drainage. It is low-maintenance, requiring mulching to protect roots and fertilization in early spring. Its compact size and beautiful flowers make it a popular choice for ornamental gardens.
Camellia sasanqua 'Shishi Gashira'
Camellia sasanqua 'Shishi Gashira' is an evergreen shrub with hot pink flowers and a golden yellow center. It blooms from late fall to early spring and grows up to 4-5 feet tall with a 6-8 foot spread. This acid-loving plant is drought-tolerant once established and thrives in USDA zones 7 to 10.
Camellia sasanqua 'Shi Shi Gashira'
This plant produces large pink-red blooms with yellow centers from autumn through December. It has dark glossy green leaves and is low maintenance and drought tolerant once established. It grows 4-5 feet tall and 6-8 feet wide.
Camellia sasanqua 'Pink Stella'
Camellia sasanqua 'Pink Stella' is an early fall bloomer with soft pink semi-double flowers. This plant is suitable as a specimen, hedge, accent, or container plant and requires rich, well-drained garden soil. It benefits from yearly fertilization in spring to maintain its vibrant blooms.
Camellia sasanqua 'October Magic Carpet'
This plant has a bushy, spreading habit and forms a carpet of dark green foliage. It produces heavily-frilled, double-pink flowers in fall.
Camellia sasanqua 'October Magic Bride'
Camellia sasanqua 'October Magic Bride' is an evergreen shrub with petite, double white flowers and dark green leaves. It grows upright with a column-like habit and performs best in well-drained, slightly acidic soil. This plant adds elegance to gardens and benefits from a slow-release balanced fertilizer in early spring.
Camellia sasanqua 'October Magic Snow'
Camellia sasanqua 'October Magic Snow' is an evergreen shrub known for its crisp white double blooms edged with magenta, which appear in autumn. It has a uniform, columnar habit and new growth in spring that is bronzy copper. This plant thrives in slightly acidic soil and benefits from slow-release granular fertilizer in early spring. Its striking flowers and evergreen foliage make it a popular choice for adding color and structure to gardens.
Camellia sasanqua 'October Magic Rose'
This plant produces small salmon-rose double flowers in clusters during fall and winter. It has dark emerald green leaves and a dense, uniform habit, thriving in slightly acidic soil with slow-release granular fertilizer yearly.
Camellia sasanqua 'Stephanie Golden'
Camellia sasanqua 'Stephanie Golden' is a compact shrub that blooms prolifically from fall into early winter. It features large, bright pink semi-double flowers with yellow stamen centers and dark green, glossy foliage. This plant grows 4 to 6 feet tall and wide, thriving in partial shade and rich, acidic soil.
Camellia sasanqua 'October Magic Orchid'
This plant features semi-double white blooms with pink edges, blooming in fall. It is evergreen with dark green foliage and new bronze-red foliage. It grows 4-5 feet tall and 3-4 feet wide and prefers rich acidic soil with good drainage.
Camellia sasanqua 'Diana'
This plant features dazzling white blooms and deep green glossy leaves, blooming from fall through the new year. It has a uniform growth habit and is ideal for hedges or accents. It prefers moist, well-drained soil and shade to part sun.
Camellia sasanqua 'Jessica's Ruffles'
Camellia sasanqua 'Jessica's Ruffles' is a shrub that showcases semi-double blooms in shades of pink from November to December. It has an upright growth habit and thrives in well-drained soil with partial to full sun exposure. This plant adds a splash of color to gardens during the cooler months.
Camellia hiemalis 'Kanjiro'
This plant features bright pink blooms in mid to late winter and evergreen foliage. It is cold hardy down to 0 F and grows up to 6-8 feet tall and wide in USDA zones 7-10. It prefers partial shade to full sun and well-draining, slightly acidic soil.
Camellia sasanqua 'Yuletide'
Camellia sasanqua 'Yuletide' is an evergreen shrub known for its bright red blooms with yellow centers, appearing from autumn to early winter. It has dark green leaves with a lightly serrated edge and grows up to 8-10 feet tall and 6-8 feet wide. This low-maintenance plant is drought-tolerant once established and prefers partial sun and well-draining, acidic soil.
Camellia sasanqua 'Alabama Beauty'
This fast-growing plant features rosy-red semi-double blooms from fall to winter and dark green oblong leaves. It is evergreen and reaches 12-15 feet high and 6-8 feet wide, thriving in USDA zones 7-9. It prefers partial sun and slightly acidic soil with good drainage.
Camellia sasanqua 'Ruby'
Camellia sasanqua 'Ruby' is an evergreen shrub known for its stunning ruby red, fully double blooms that appear in the fall. It features glossy olive-green leaves and a compact, semi-dwarf growth habit, making it an attractive addition to gardens. This plant thrives in slightly acidic soil and is ideal for those seeking a dense, ornamental shrub with vibrant autumn flowers.
Camellia sasanqua 'Ivory'
Camellia sasanqua 'Ivory' is an evergreen shrub with deep emerald green foliage and double peony-type flowers with frilly petals. It prefers slightly acidic soil and benefits from an annual application of slow-release balanced fertilizer. This plant is known for its elegant blooms and is a popular choice for adding year-round interest to gardens.
Camellia sasanqua 'Mine No Yuki'
Camellia sasanqua 'Mine No Yuki' is known for its large, ruffled white blooms with a golden center, flowering from fall to early winter. It has dark evergreen foliage and a naturally rounded growth pattern, reaching 5 to 8 feet in height and width. This drought-tolerant shrub prefers partial to filtered sun.
Camellia sasanqua 'White Shi Shi'
Camellia sasanqua 'White Shi Shi' is a compact shrub with white, double blooms from October to January. It grows 3-4 feet tall and wide, with sturdy branches and evergreen foliage. This heat-tolerant plant thrives in full sun to partial shade and is hardy in USDA Zones 7-9.
Camellia sasanqua 'October Magic Inspiration'
Camellia sasanqua 'October Magic Inspiration' is a shrub with large white double-blooms edged in frilly magenta. It has dark, glossy evergreen leaves and grows 6-8 feet tall and 4-5 feet wide. Hardy in USDA Zones 7-9, this plant thrives in full sun to part shade and prefers rich, slightly acidic soil with good drainage.
Camellia japonica 'Egao Corkscrew'
Camellia japonica 'Egao Corkscrew' is known for its twisted and looped branches and soft-pink ruffled blooms from late fall to early winter. The flowers are 2.5-3 inches across, and the plant features glossy, dark green evergreen foliage. It grows to a mature size of 6-8 feet tall and wide and thrives in full sun to partial shade with rich, well-draining acidic soil.
Camellia lutchuensis 'High Fragrance'
This evergreen shrub has large pink flowers that bloom mid to late season and dark green foliage. It grows in USDA zones 7-10 and prefers moist, well-draining, slightly acidic soil. It is deer resistant, drought-resistant, and heat tolerant, reaching 5-8 feet tall and wide.
Camellia sasanqua 'Bella Rouge'
This plant has deep green evergreen leaves and a uniformly compact growth habit, making it ideal for hedges or landscape accents. It produces red semi-double ruffled blooms from early fall to winter and prefers moist, well-drained garden soil with shade to part sun.
Camellia 'Tama Vino'
This evergreen shrub produces pink to red flowers with semi-double blooms that have white edges and a wine-red center, blooming from late fall to winter. It has dark evergreen foliage and is hardy in USDA Zones 7-10. The plant thrives in filtered or early morning sun and requires weekly watering for the first year. Pruning should be done in late spring, and it should be fertilized twice a year.
Camellia sasanqua 'October Magic Dawn'
This plant produces large rose-form flowers with a delicate blend of pink shades, blooming in fall and winter. It is evergreen with a dense, columnar habit and performs best in well-drained, slightly acidic rich soil. Apply slow-release balanced fertilizer in spring.
Camellia japonica 'Debutante'
Camellia japonica 'Debutante' is an evergreen shrub that blooms early to mid-winter with pale pink flowers up to 3-4 inches wide. It thrives in woodland gardens in partial shade and can be used as a hedge or in evergreen shrub borders. This plant prefers moist, acidic, well-drained soil and is hardy in USDA zones 7-10, reaching a mature size of 6-8 feet tall and wide.
Camellia sasanqua 'Leslie Ann'
This plant produces large white blooms with pink edges and yellow centers from autumn through December. It has dark green glossy evergreen foliage and grows 6-10 feet tall and 5-7 feet wide. It is heat and humidity tolerant and prefers filtered sun to partial sun and rich, acidic soil with good drainage.
Camellia sasanqua 'Kanjiro'
Camellia sasanqua 'Kanjiro' is an evergreen shrub with semi-double, red-pink blooms and gold centers. It is a prolific bloomer from fall to early winter and features dark green, glossy foliage. This plant is drought-tolerant once established and thrives in part sun, making it a beautiful addition to gardens.
Camellia japonica
Camellia japonica is a flowering shrub or small tree known for its large, double red blooms with bright yellow stamens, which appear from late fall to early spring. It features glossy, dark evergreen leaves with serrated edges and can grow up to 10 feet tall. This plant is native to China and has been cultivated since the Song Dynasty, with thousands of cultivars available. It thrives in partial to filtered sunlight and prefers rich, acidic soil with good drainage. Camellia japonica is often used in privacy screens, hedges, and container plantings, and its flowers are ideal for fall cut-flower arrangements. The plant is hardy in USDA Zones 7a-10b and requires regular watering during its first growing season. Its leaves contain anti-inflammatory compounds and can be used to make tea. The plant is also the official state flower of Alabama and has been a symbol of luck in Chinese culture for centuries.