Camellia Varieties

Anacostia Japanese Camellia

Camellia japonica 'Anacostia'

This plant adds lovely pink blooms to your cool-season garden. It's chosen by the National Arboretum for its cold resistance and compact size, with glossy foliage. You can use it as a single shrub, a hedge, or to anchor a border. It blooms in the early to mid-season and stays green year-round.

Apple Blossom Camellia

Camellia sasanqua 'Apple Blossom'

This versatile camellia boasts an abundance of white blooms with pink edges and yellow stamens. Its dense, glossy dark green leaves make it an ideal choice for creating hedges, screens, or espalier specimens. It blooms from early to mid-season and retains its evergreen foliage. It thrives in filtered sun and produces blossoms from fall through winter.

April Remembered Ice Angels Camellia

Camellia japonica 'April Remembered'

These camellias are more cold-resistant than most types, and they can thrive in a wider range of climates. They have lovely semi-double flowers with pink petals, creamy centers, and golden stamens, along with shiny evergreen leaves. You can use them for hedges, screens, or foundation plants, and they do well in full shade to filtered sun. They bloom from fall to mid-spring.

Bob Hope Camellia

Camellia japonica 'Bob Hope'

This camellia boasts big, deep red semi-double flowers featuring yellow stamens and attractive ruffled petals. It is highly sought after in mild climates and blooms during the middle of the season. With its evergreen glossy dark green leaves, it thrives in filtered sun and graces your garden with winter blossoms.

Bonanza Camellia

Camellia sasanqua 'Bonanza'

This plant has a versatile spreading growth pattern and produces an abundance of vibrant scarlet flowers resembling peonies, along with shiny, dark green leaves. You can use it to create a colorful low hedge, train it as an espalier, or let it thrive as a tall groundcover. It also makes an excellent evergreen foundation plant for sheltered areas with bright shade. Its flowers are perfect for cutting, and it blooms early in the season.

Buttermint Camellia

Camellia x 'Buttermint'

This lovely camellia showcases pale, buttery yellow semi-double blooms during the mid-to-late season. Abundant glossy dark green leaves and lightly fragrant, ruffled flowers make it ideal for indoor arrangements. This eye-catching evergreen is an excellent choice for adding brightness to a shaded woodland garden. It thrives in filtered sun and blooms from winter to early spring.

Chandleri Elegans Variegated Camellia

Camellia japonica 'Chandleri Elegans Variegated'

These stunning rose pink blooms, featuring an anemone form and occasional white mottling, create a striking contrast against the glossy, dark green leaves. This camellia is highly valued for its mid-season blooms, particularly in milder regions of the United States. You can use it to enhance lightly shaded beds, foundation plantings, or even to establish a flowering evergreen hedge. It thrives in filtered sun and graces your garden with winter blossoms.

Chansonette Camellia

Camellia sasanqua 'Chansonette'

This versatile flowering shrub offers abundant, bright pink double blooms along with glossy dark green leaves. It has a compact, pendulous growth habit and its flowers are ideal for cutting. Whether you're looking to create a colorful low hedge, an espalier, or ground cover, this shrub is an excellent choice. It blooms in the middle of the season and remains evergreen, thriving in filtered sun and providing blooms from fall through winter.

Colonel Firey Camellia

Camellia japonica 'Colonel Firey'

Gorgeous and formal, the garden is illuminated from winter to mid-spring by the stunningly large, deep crimson blossoms. These flowers create a striking contrast with the lush, glossy, dark green leaves. This plant is highly valued in more temperate areas and retains its evergreen beauty.

Coral Delight Camellia

Camellia x 'Coral Delight'

This plant features deep coral-pink semi-double blooms accented by yellow stamens, set against a backdrop of dense, glossy dark green foliage. It's highly valued in milder regions and blooms in the middle of the season. This evergreen beauty thrives in filtered sunlight and graces your garden with blossoms from January to March.

Debutante Camellia

Camellia japonica 'Debutante'

These plentiful, oversized light pink blooms, resembling peonies, beautifully stand out against the glossy, dark green leaves. Ideal for milder regions, this plant is among the first to bloom. You can create stunning foundation plantings or use it as an eye-catching accent in lightly shaded beds or patio containers. It maintains its evergreen charm, thriving in full shade to filtered sun, and graces your garden with blossoms from winter to early spring.

Jury's Pearl Camellia

Camellia x 'Jury's Pearl' (C. pitardii x Tomorrow)

This plant has beautiful peony-like flowers that are large, pearly white with a hint of pale pink and yellow centers. They stand out against the glossy, deep green leaves. It blooms from early winter to mid-spring in mild climates and has a compact, tidy shape that's easy to maintain. It's an evergreen plant that does well in partial shade or partial sun.

Kanjiro Camellia

Camellia sasanqua 'Kanjiro'

This camellia boasts truly stunning cerise pink semi-double blooms adorned with red edges, golden stamens, and a subtle fragrance. It's an excellent choice for cut flowers. With a dense semi-weeping growth pattern and glossy dark green leaves, it makes for an exceptional evergreen plant for foundation planting and as a background feature. This camellia blooms in the middle of the season, thriving in filtered sun and gracing your garden with blossoms from fall through winter.

Kramer's Supreme Camellia

Camellia japonica 'Kramer's Supreme'

This plant has beautiful peony-like rosy-red flowers with a lovely fragrance. They bloom in the middle of the season and stand out against glossy dark green leaves, especially in lightly shaded areas. It's perfect for woodland borders, foundations, or hedges and is well-suited for milder regions of the U.S. It stays green year-round and prefers full shade to filtered sun, blooming in winter.

Kumasaka Camellia

Camellia japonica 'Kumasaka'

This plant showcases spectacular double blooms in a vibrant rose pink hue, set against a backdrop of glossy, dark green foliage. It adds a burst of color as a lively accent in shaded areas and is highly valued in milder regions of the U.S. Blooming from mid to late season, it retains its evergreen presence. Thriving in filtered sunlight, it graces your garden with blossoms from winter through mid-spring.

Magnoliaeflora Camellia

Camellia japonica 'Magnoliaeflora'

These spectacular semi-double blooms are a lovely blush pink color, creating a striking contrast with the glossy, dark green foliage. This plant is highly valued in milder regions of the U.S. It blooms in the middle of the season, remains evergreen, and thrives in filtered sunlight. Expect beautiful blossoms in the winter.

Mathotiana Supreme Camellia

Camellia japonica 'Mathotiana Supreme'

These extremely large, double blooms boast loose, irregular, flaming crimson petals, creating a striking contrast against the glossy, dark green foliage. This plant is highly valued in milder regions of the U.S. It blooms in the middle of the season, maintains its evergreen appearance, and thrives in filtered sunlight. Look forward to vibrant winter blossoms.

Nuccio's Bella Rosa Camellia

Camellia japonica 'Nuccio's Bella Rossa' Plant Patent

This plant produces numerous formal, four-inch crimson red blooms that open gradually, extending the bloom season significantly. Even young plants display an abundance of buds. It complements Asian gardens when planted in groups or as a container specimen. With its glossy, dark green foliage, it's highly prized in milder regions. This evergreen plant thrives in full shade to partial sun and graces your garden with late winter to mid-spring blossoms.

Nuccio's Gem Camellia

Camellia japonica 'Nuccio's Gem'

This plant features formal, double blooms in sparkling white, creating a lovely contrast with its glossy, dark green foliage. It's highly valued in milder regions of the U.S. Blooming in the middle of the season, it retains its evergreen presence and thrives in filtered sunlight. Enjoy its winter blossoms.

Nuccio's Pearl Camellia

Camellia japonica 'Nuccio's Pearl'

These stunning blooms are fully double, with pure white petals accented by a delicate orchid pink blush, creating a dazzling contrast against the glossy, dark green foliage. They lend an elegant and formal touch to any garden. Blooming in the middle of the season, this plant remains evergreen and thrives in filtered sunlight. Expect its winter blossoms to grace your garden.

Pearl Maxwell Camellia

Camellia japonica 'Pearl Maxwell'

This plant showcases spectacular, soft, shell pink, formal double blooms during the mid-to-late winter. These flowers create a stunning contrast against the glossy, dark green foliage. Highly prized in milder regions of the U.S., it maintains its evergreen presence and flourishes in filtered sunlight. Enjoy its winter to early spring blossoms.

Pink-A-Boo® Camellia

Camellia sasanqua 'Mondel'

This remarkable variation of the immensely popular red Yuletide Camellia features remarkably large and delightfully scented deep pink flowers adorned with vibrant yellow stamens, serving as a splendid enhancement to the winter garden. Placing these blooms in a bowl allows you to relish their fragrance indoors. It is an outstanding selection for creating a vibrant hedge, attractive espalier, or border shrub. This plant maintains its evergreen allure throughout the seasons.

Setsugekka Camellia

Camellia sasanqua 'Setsugekka'

These are sizable, exquisitely shaped, semi-double white blossoms featuring intricately ruffled edges and a vivid center adorned with golden stamens. The plant's lush, semi-weeping growth pattern, along with its glossy, deep green leaves, make it an exceptional choice for a year-round evergreen foundation planting or espalier. It typically blooms in the middle of the season and thrives in filtered sunlight, gracing your garden with its flowers from fall through winter.

Silver Waves Camellia

Camellia japonica 'Silver Waves'

Lots of big, semi-double white blooms with yellow centers stand out against shiny dark green leaves. Great for early to mid-season in milder regions. Use in shaded beds, plant in groups for foundations, or make a flowering hedge. Also good for adding style to a plain wall as an espalier. Grows well in full shade to filtered sun and blooms from winter to early spring.

Shishi Gashira Camellia

A burst of vibrant hot pink semi-double blooms, each adorned with golden yellow centers, harmoniously complements the lush, shiny dark green leaves. These flowers are ideal for cutting and arranging. Whether you're looking to create a striking low hedge, an elegant espalier, or a standout ground cover, this plant fits the bill. It typically blooms in the early to mid-season and maintains its evergreen presence throughout the year.

Spring's Promise Ice Angels Camellia

Camellia japonica 'Spring's Promise'

Spring's Promise expands the range of Japanese Camellias, making them hardier than other types. Its vibrant rose-colored blossoms are 2-3 inches wide with golden stamens at the center. It blooms in mid to late season, stays green year-round, and prefers filtered sunlight. You can enjoy its flowers from winter to early spring.

Carter's Sunburst Camellia

Camellia japonica 'Carter's Sunburst'

Impressive double blossoms in a medium pink hue with streaks of deeper pink create a striking contrast against the glossy, dark green leaves. This plant is highly esteemed in the milder regions of the United States and typically blooms in the middle of the season. It retains its evergreen presence year-round.

Swan Lake Camellia

Camellia japonica 'Monke'

These very large, snow-white blooms with a peony-like appearance stand out beautifully against the glossy, dark green leaves. You can use this plant as a striking evergreen feature in a woodland garden, for privacy screening, or in a container. The cut flowers also look lovely in a bowl of water. They typically bloom from mid to late season in milder regions, with a preference for filtered sunlight during winter to early spring.

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Camellia sinensis 'Tea'

This evergreen shrub or compact tree is the origin of caffeinated teas, including white, green, and black varieties. It has a slow growth rate and is simple to care for. Small, fragrant white flowers blossom during the fall and winter seasons. Its thick foliage responds well to pruning, making it an excellent choice for creating a privacy screen, foundation planting, or hedge. It's also heat and drought resistant, thriving in full sun, which sets it apart from many other Camellia species.

Tom Knudsen Camellia

Camellia japonica 'Tom Knudsen'

Striking dark red formal blooms with deep red veining create a dazzling contrast against the glossy, dark green leaves. This plant is highly valued in milder regions and offers a wonderful evergreen display. It can be used effectively in woodland borders, as a foundation planting, or as a hedge. Thriving in filtered sunlight, it graces your garden with blooms from fall through winter.

White Doves Camellia

Camellia sasanqua 'White Doves' ('Mine-No-Yuki')

These bright white semi-double blooms, paired with glossy dark green foliage, adorn a compact and spreading form that suits smaller gardens perfectly. It's an excellent choice for creating a low evergreen hedge, an espalier, or as a groundcover. This plant typically blooms in the middle of the season and thrives in filtered sunlight, gracing your garden with flowers from fall through winter.

Yuletide Camellia

Camellia sasanqua 'Yuletide'

Bright red single blooms with vibrant yellow stamens make a sophisticated statement in the winter garden. The lush, glossy dark green leaves are perfect for forming an attractive natural hedge, foundation shrub, or espalier specimen. This plant typically blooms in the middle of the season and remains evergreen. It thrives in filtered sunlight and graces your garden with flowers from fall through winter.