Over 2,300 camellia ( Camellia spp . ) cultivar are show with the American Camellia Society , many of them from the popular Nipponese camelia ( Camellia japonica ) and Sasanqua camellia ( Camellia sasanquaand two closely touch on metal money , Camellia hiemalisandCamellia vernalis , both stalwart in U.S. Department of Agriculture flora hardiness zone 7 through 9 ) chemical group . Some camelia miscellany are adaptable to everything from drought conditions to insensate climate , with flower - time ranges fromOctober to April , depending on specie and cultivar .
" Some Nipponese camellias , around the emperor ’s palace in Japan , are known to be more than 500 years one-time , " according to horticulturist at Clemson University Extension .
Japanese Camellias
The rose - like flush of Nipponese camellias are a welcome visual sense in the winter month when many flower metal money are lie sleeping . Camellia leaves are always bright , shining evergreen , but the flowers range in color from snowy , through many shades of pinkish and reddish with vary colored varieties of each . Bob Hope(Camellia japonica’Bob Hope ' ) has large , deep flushed , semi - double ruffled flowers and bright icteric stamen ; it is a mid - time of year bloomer , flowering in winter , and fly high in USDA zones 8 through 10.Carter ’s Sunburst(Camellia japonica’Carter ’s Sunburst ' ) , also hardy in USDA zone 8 through 10 , has pinkish and red - streaked variegate flower that also descend into flush in the winter months . Depending on the cultivar , Japanese camellias are hardy throughout USDA zone 7 through 10 .
Sasanqua Camellias
This coinage group of camellias deviate in form from dense , bushy , unsloped plants to low - get , spreading varieties . Their leaves are low than Japanese camellia , and the flush are exceptionally fragrant . * * Camellia sasanqua’Chansonette ' * * can be uprise in USDA geographical zone 7 through 10 , with a blooming period of fall through winter with pink , double - petaled flowers . It is a low spread out land - cover camellia with a height of 2 to 3 feet and 8 feet in diameter . Bonanza(Camellia sasanqua’Bonanza ' ) thrives in the same hardiness zones with bright scarlet peony - form blossoms early in the bloom season , in fall . Depending on the cultivar , Sasanqua camellias are audacious throughout USDA geographical zone 7 through 10 .
Camellia Hybrids
Long Island Pink(Camelliax ' Long Island Pink ' ) is a camellia hybrid that produces single - petaled pink peak in fall . It is a slow - grow bush that achieve 10 feet in peak and 8 feet in diameter in USDA geographical zone 6 through 9 . The lustrous green foliage emerges in bronze , and this camelia species is often used as a hedge , or as an espalier plant along a bulwark . Another pop camellia hybrid is the pure white - blossomedQuintessence(Camelliax ' Quintessence ' ) which thrives in USDA zone 8 through 10 and does well as a small shrub or flat coat - cover . Its single white flowers with pink blush at the petal leeway broadly speaking bloom early on to mid - time of year , October to December . Depending on the cultivar , hybrid camelia are intrepid in USDA zone 7 through 10 .
Bloom Failure
Camellias set more bud than occur unfastened , butunder - wateringmay cause bud drop or bud that fail to open up and bloom . Bloom failure may also be due to too muchdirect sunor harshwinds . Camellias prefer growing conditions that declare oneself filtered sunlight , such as gift by the canopy of a magnanimous tree diagram .
Tip
Keep root cool with a 4- to 5 - inch stratum of mulch around the diam of the flora , but see to it mulch does n’t rival the base of the Dubyuh .
bloom failure may also be caused byfluctuating temperatures . If the temperature put down to freeze , cover the camellia bush with a unaccented blanket or rut - retain plant natural covering . assure it at grime spirit level to take advantage of primer coat heat , and remove cover in the break of day .
