camphor tree
Camphora officinarum
USDA zones9 to 11
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size40 to 50 feet tall40 to 70 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Dense
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn, winter
- Bloom color
- Green, white
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, neutral, alkaline
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Camphor tree (Camphora officinarum) is a tree for specimen, accent, and shade garden use. It grows outdoors year-round in USDA zone 9 and warmer, down to about 20°F (-7°C). In colder areas, grow it as a houseplant or bring it indoors for winter. This plant likes full or part sun and dry to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It grows fast into a dense, evergreen tree with fragrant leaves. Bees, butterflies, and birds visit it, and it tolerates drought and salt.
Pairs well with Indian-hawthorn, Christmas fern, and Mondo grass.
Native range
Eastern Asia.