Pink Parade Camellia
$83.00 Original price was: $83.00.$24.90Current price is: $24.90.
1000 in stock
SKU: 1x5V78itIS
Category: PLANTS
LIGHT: Filtered sun, Full shade, Partial shade, Partial sun
WATER: Water when top 3 inches of soil is dry.
SIZE: Moderate growing 6 to 8 ft. tall and wide, larger with age.
| Description | Spectacular, hot pink, peony to semi-double flowers bloom from late winter to early spring. Flowers make a dazzling contrast with the glossy, dark green foliage. Excellent as a large accent or grouped as a flowering privacy screen. Evergreen. |
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| Bloom Time | Winter |
| Deciduous/Evergreen | Evergreen |
| Special Features | Non-toxic to Cats and Dogs |
| Growth Rate | Moderate |
| Growth Habit | Upright |
| Flower Attributes | Flowers for Cutting, Showy Flowers |
| Landscape Use | Border, Container, Espalier, Privacy Screen |
| Design Ideas | Use in a protected place in the garden, such as an east facing entryway, and be rewarded with handsome evergreen foliage and elegant winter blooms. Both the blooms and foliage are fine additions to indoor winter cut flower arrangements. Dress up a wall or garage as a shrub or train as an espalier for a formal look. Beautiful as a foundation plant, in a container or as part of a Zen tranquility garden. |
| Flower Color | Pink |
| Foliage Color | Dark Green |
| Companion Plants | Plant close to your outdoor living area with Rhododendrons, Azaleas and Iris. In a more natural woodland setting, combine with the airy foliage of Astilbe, Heavenly Bamboo and Bleeding Heart. Early blooming deciduous trees like Magnolia, Japanese Maple and Dogwood offer the needed filtered shade and ground hugging perennials such as Anemone, Coral Bells, Fern and Clematis offer interest and color throughout all layers of the garden. |
| Care Instructions | Provide organically rich, well-drained, acidic soil. Keep roots cool with a thick layer of mulch. Water deeply and regularly during the first growing season to establish an extensive root system; reduce frequency, once established. Prune lightly to shape and feed with an acid fertilizer after flowering. |
| History | Camellias are native to eastern and southern Asia. C. japonica was imported into the Philippines but is native to China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. The genus Camellia was named by Carolus Linnaeus who named it for a Jesuit missionary Georg Kamel, who cultivated an important garden of local medicinal plants on the Philippine Island of Luzon in the 17th century. Pink Parade was a chance seedling from a Mrs. Freedman Weiss Camellia found by E.D. Hudson of Hemet, CA in 1969. Red camellias are a symbol of wealth and white Camellias signify loveliness. Camellias represent longevity and faithfulness and have long been a primary floral component in Asian weddings. |