Spring camellia
Camellia japonica 'Spring'
USDA zones6 to 9
SunHandles partial sun to partial shade
WaterHandles moderate to wet soil
Size5 to 8 feet tall3 to 4 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Habit
- Columnar
- Bloom season
- Spring, winter
- Bloom color
- Rose red
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Spring' camellia (Camellia japonica 'Spring') is a shrub for borders, woodland gardens, and pollinator gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 6, or down to -10°F (-23°C). This plant likes part sun or part shade and average to wet soil. Deer usually look elsewhere for a meal. Its rose red flowers are fragrant and open from winter into spring. This evergreen has a columnar shape and grows slowly, and bees and birds visit it.
Pairs well with Lady fern, American hornbeam, and Wood sorrel.