Elegant Beauty camellia
Camellia williamsii 'Elegant Beauty'
RHS AGM 2002
USDA zones7 to 8
SunHandles partial sun or full shade
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size4 to 8 feet tall6 to 8 feet wide
- Bloom season
- Spring, winter
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, neutral
Garden uses
Notes
'Elegant Beauty' camellia (Camellia williamsii 'Elegant Beauty') is an evergreen shrub for borders, containers, and hedges. It is hardy to USDA zone 7, or down to 0°F (-18°C). This plant likes part sun to full shade and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It blooms from early to late winter and again in early to late spring. It grows best in acid to neutral soil and can reach about 94 inches tall and wide.
Pairs well with Sweet woodruff, Boxwood, Mondo grass, and Snake's head.