Young Red Camellia
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These pretty red camellias are always popular with gardeners and we're delighted to have a fresh batch of these tough young plants available this year. A great value gift for future winter colour and year round glossy foliage, these evergreen plants will thrive in a pot or planted directly into the ground and will produce cheery red blooms in the garden from next year.
If you are looking for a plant that will bloom this season, our festive red camellia sasanqua are already looking lovely in bud and flower or you can browse our full range of camellias here.
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Perfect as big as shown in the photo on line. My friend loved receiving it.
The recipient was delighted with the wonderful camelia.
It was a lovely gift with buds on a large plant and beautifully wrapped.
Lovely plant and alrradt with a flower, perfect!
Recipient was very happy with plant
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Healthy plant in flower
very good quality
Beautiful plant arrived on time. Great service
Beautiful, it will look great in the garden. Arrived safely too,nicely packaged.
These instructions are sent with the plant gift
Camellias (camellia sasanqua) are outdoor plants which bring colour and handsome foliage when there is not that much else going on in the garden. Over time these young plants will grow on slowly and make a large permanent feature in a winter garden.
Your Camellia will do well either grown in a container on a sheltered patio or planted out in the garden. When planting Camellias, choose a sheltered part-shaded position where you can see the winter flowers. Try to avoid a situation where the early morning sun shines on frosted plants because this can spoil the flowers.
Keep your Camellia well watered whilst in a pot, the compost should feel wet to touch. However, do not let your Camellia stand in water as this will rot the root system. It will like to be regularly watered but allow the excess water to drain away. If your plant arrives in a decorative pot without drainage holes, make sure you remove the plant to water it, allowing excess to drain away before returning it to the pot.
After flowering your Camellia plant can be re-potted in a larger pot with ericaceous compost or planted out into the ground. Camellias like acid soil, so choose compost suitable for rhododendrons, heathers and other acid-loving plants.
Over time Camellias can grow into substantial specimens several feet high. In china, where these plants originate they have been known to reach 15ft and 500 years old. Older plants are very hardy but young plants should be protected from frost.
Problem Solving:
If your plant seems to be suffering try keeping it a bit closer to your home, the brick wall’s residual heat will keep young plants just above freezing, or inside a greenhouse.
