5 Gorgeous Camellias for Sun

You don’t need shade to grow one of these classic southern staples in your garden

Camellias ( Camelliaspp . and cvs . , Zones 6–10 ) are mostly thought of as shade bush , andcommon camellia(Camellia japonica , Zones 7–9 ) mixture do look good in the subtlety . The foliation detain a dark glossy green rather of the sunburnt yellow it would be with more sun . However , there are some camellia that do fine in sunny conditions , even here in the hot South . Mostly sasanqua camellia ( Camellia sasanqua , Zones 7–9 ) variety show and hybridisation can brook Lord’s Day ; they can grow in most landscape situations except for soused or high pH soil . As long as they have honest drainage , they will thrive . Here are a few camellias that are sun and heat tolerant .

‘Taylor’s Perfection’ camellia

Camellia‘Taylor ’s Perfection ’ , Zones 8–10

This bush has beautiful , large bloom that are made up of two or three layers of light pinkish petals with open centers . The blooms utterly cover the plant , make up for a showy exhibit commence usually in late March here in Alabama . A middling quick grower , ‘ Taylor ’s Perfection ’ get about 8 foot marvellous in a few yr and is equally as across-the-board . It has a rather slack growth habit .

October Magic®Ivory™ camellia

Camellia sasanqua‘Green S99 - 016 ’ , Zones 7–9

October Magic ® Ivory ™ camellia is one of a serial developed by camellia breeder Bobby Green . It blooms in fall and has a manageable size of it . This plant has fully double pick - color bloom that are a little ruffled , making them excess charming . It produces an abundance of efflorescence , which ordinarily appear in former September and continue into December . This shrub has a fairly dumb growth drug abuse and reach about 8 feet in height but is narrow in width .

‘Rose of Autumn’ camellia

Camellia sasanqua‘Rose of Autumn ’ , zona 6–9

‘ Rose of Autumn ’ has large semi - forked roseate - pink flowers with ruffled petal . The abundantly produced flowers are lovely . They bloom late in the fall . This plant has a very upright emergence habit and gets about 10 fundament tall but only 4 or 5 human foot wide-eyed .

‘Tiny Princess’ camellia

Camellia‘Tiny Princess ’ , Zones 7–10

‘ midget Princess ’ is very flamboyant . The flowers appear as diminished , light garden pink , semi - forked buzzer in mid to late wintertime . They flower all along the branches and aspect in unlike directions . Standing under a ‘ Tiny Princess ’ camelia that has been trained upright into a tree figure is delicious . Its small foliage match the belittled prime . This shrub grows naturally into a vase - shaped shape about 10 to 12 feet tall .

‘Leslie Ann’ camellia

Camellia sasanqua‘Leslie Ann ’ , Zones 7–9

‘ Leslie Ann ’ camelia has wonderful two-fold efflorescence with white flower petal that have medium pink edge and exteriors . These blooms are very showy and embrace the branches from midfall to Christmas . ‘ Leslie Ann ’ grows fairly cursorily with an good growth habit . It can well reach 10 foot tall but is usually only 5 to 6 feet wide .

Camellias are icons of the southerly garden . They are useful as landscape flora and also make great specimen shrubs . These more sunlight - tolerant selections mean that you do n’t have to miss out even if you do n’t have specter in your garden .

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— Jason and Shelley Powell own and manage flower petal from the yesteryear , a garden meat in Jemison , Alabama .

Photos , unless otherwise noted : courtesy of Bobby Green

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