Camellia Perennial. The camellia is a plant that grows to be about four to five feet in height so it makes a lovely back section that adds height to a garden. It grows best in warmer hardiness zones such as six to 10 and it can create pink red or white blooms to add color to your garden during the colder seasons of the year.
Slightly less hardy than spring flowering camellias you can grow these shrubs in sheltered gardens or containers placed in an unheated greenhouse or conservatory over winter. The genus camellia part of the theaceae family includes several common ornamental species and many cultivars c. Handsome year round they typically form dense 6 to 12 foot shrubs with lustrous leathery evergreen leaves and early spring flushes of rich red 2 to 3 inch wide flowers accented with.
It grows best in warmer hardiness zones such as six to 10 and it can create pink red or white blooms to add color to your garden during the colder seasons of the year.
The genus camellia part of the theaceae family includes several common ornamental species and many cultivars c. Slightly less hardy than spring flowering camellias you can grow these shrubs in sheltered gardens or containers placed in an unheated greenhouse or conservatory over winter. In total there are over 250 different species of the camellia plant so you have. You may also find hybrids between species developed by breeders who wish to add new colors and cold hardiness to the market.