{"title":"Camellias","description":"\u003cp\u003eSixty-five camellia listings are here. Twenty-seven carry the Japanese Camellia name and twenty-one the Sasanqua Camellia name. The other seventeen carry neither prefix, which is a labelling habit rather than a third kind of camellia: most of them read as sasanquas or japonicas on their own product pages. Five are a second listing of a plant already here under its species name, and each of those species listings runs more sizes and starts below 5L: Setsugekka, Star Above Star, Beatrice Emily, Something Special and Desire. Thirteen of the seventeen offer 5L and nothing smaller, so look for the species listing of a cultivar before you settle on the bare one. The real outliers sit in this group too. Camellia hiemalis hiryu belongs to a third species group, neither japonica nor sasanqua. The tea plant is here. So are Fairy Blush and Cinnamon Cindy, lutchuensis hybrids with fine leaves and scent; Fairy Blush clips into a ball or a low line far more convincingly than japonica cultivars do.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eReading the sasanquas by their wood\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSasanquas are the part of the range bought for hedges, screens and walls. Colour is the easy part. Wood decides the job. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/camellia-sasanqua-rose-ann\"\u003eRose Ann\u003c\/a\u003e builds firm, evenly made growth and holds a rounded shape with almost no correction, which suits a bed that will not get much attention. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/camellia-sasanqua-jennifer-susan\"\u003eJennifer Susan\u003c\/a\u003e is soft and arching, laid flat along espalier wires or spilling over a pot rim, and it browns along its windward face on an exposed western boundary. Exquisite builds in tiers, so the flowers are held out along the stems where a footpath sees them. Egao is open by mid autumn, weeks ahead of the japonicas. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/camellia-sasanqua-wahroonga\"\u003eWahroonga\u003c\/a\u003e stays compact and is grown only as 70mm and 200mm stock, so it is a courtyard or large pot plant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe japonica side of the grid\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost japonicas get shaped rather than sheared, and the range reflects it. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/camellia-japonica-nuccios-jewel\"\u003eNuccios Jewel\u003c\/a\u003e opens mid to late in the season, after the first rush, on a slow spreading bush better suited to a large pot or a shaded courtyard bed than a clipped run. Brushfields Yellow disappoints anyone expecting a daffodil; the cream sits in a packed dome of small petaloids ringed by broad white guard petals. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/camellia-japonica-man-size\"\u003eMan Size\u003c\/a\u003e is a miniature in spite of the name, reduced in leaf, flower and frame, and it takes a tighter clipped face than the broad leaved japonicas manage. Kingyo-tsubaki is bought for foliage, its leaf tips divided like a goldfish tail, and it exists as one 200L specimen from a single farm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat the size ladder means for a slow plant\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCamellias move slowly, so the grade you buy is the number of seasons you skip. Forty-five of the sixty-five listings offer a 200mm pot and thirty-five a 300mm, and that band is where the choice of cultivar is genuinely wide. Above it the field thins: fourteen listings reach 400mm and nine reach 150L. Nineteen carry 70mm stock, which is the sensible way to plant a long run of one cultivar, since small camellias settle faster than most people expect where the soil has been prepared properly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/camellia-sasanqua-pure-silk-standards\"\u003ePure Silk Standards\u003c\/a\u003e and the Jennifer Susan equivalent are trained onto a clear stem, in 300mm to 400mm only. The head has to be kept round by hand, two light trims a year rather than one hard cut, and the stem wants a stake until it thickens, so read those as formal plants for a doorway or a driveway; the wider trained range sits in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/topiary-and-standards\"\u003etopiary and standards\u003c\/a\u003e. Anyone who needs a screen closed over in two summers should buy something faster. Pruning windows, spacing and petal blight are in the guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"camellia-avalanche","title":"Camellia Avalanche","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhite is the whole idea here. Avalanche is grown in Australia as a white flowered camellia, usually offered as a sasanqua type, and the name points to the way the bush carries bloom in quantity rather than a few show flowers at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhite camellia petals mark more easily than coloured ones. Rain spotting turns them translucent brown, and a position catching early morning sun after a frost does the same thing within hours, so give it filtered light or a wall that falls into shade by the afternoon. Part shade and moderate, even watering suit it. The roots are shallow and fibrous, so mulch rather than dig around the base, and keep the mulch off the stem. Spent flowers drop instead of hanging on, which makes it easier to live with over paving. Useful as a clipped screen, a soft informal hedge or a large pot beside an entry. Supplied in 5lt. Flat $99 delivery to QLD, NSW, VIC, SA, ACT and WA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 5L, at $29.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"5L","offer_id":64308528218481,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/zVUM_e-ZtLSFsDmOSUnFf_hvAN2Mgy.jpg?v=1787627338"},{"product_id":"camellia-buttons-and-bows","title":"Camellia Buttons and Bows","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhich camellia goes in a pot beside a shaded front door and still looks tidy in year five? This is one of the safer answers. Buttons and Bows is a compact hybrid carrying small, neatly formal double blooms in blush pink that deepens towards the petal edges, on a bush that stays dense and reasonably upright instead of sprawling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe flowers are modest in size, which is the trade off worth understanding. You get many of them rather than a few large ones, and small formal doubles drop cleanly instead of sitting on the bush as brown mush.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoil is where camellias are won or lost. It wants an acid, open, well drained mix, mulch kept clear of the trunk, and above all even moisture through summer while next season's buds are forming. Let it dry out in a hot February and the buds will drop in autumn without opening. Part shade suits it; hot afternoon sun bleaches flower and leaf alike. If you see sooty mould, turn a leaf over and look for scale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 5 sizes, from 200mm up to 400L, priced from $45.95 to $2749.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"250mm","offer_id":64308528382321,"sku":null,"price":96.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400L","offer_id":64308528415089,"sku":null,"price":2749.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"330mm","offer_id":64308528447857,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64308528480625,"sku":null,"price":45.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64308528513393,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/Eqaa8L1Iduy7771wmgAkj_7kPb50Px.jpg?v=1787627337"},{"product_id":"camellia-cinnamon-cindy","title":"Camellia Cinnamon Cindy","description":"\u003cp\u003eFragrance is rare in camellias, and Cinnamon Cindy has it. This is a hybrid with Camellia lutchuensis in its background, and that parentage shows up three ways: a genuine sweet scent, small neat leaves rather than the broad glossy japonica leaf, and a bushy, slightly spreading habit that takes clipping well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe flowers are small and peony to rose form in white and rose pink tones, carried thickly through the cooler months rather than as a handful of large blooms. Plant it where people pass close enough to notice the scent, beside a path, a doorway or a courtyard seat, because at a distance the individual flowers are too small to carry a bed on their own. Part shade suits it, with moderate water and an acidic, humus rich, free draining soil. It resents wet feet and lime. Shape it as soon as flowering finishes. Available in 300mm and 5lt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 5L up to 300mm, priced from $29.95 to $139.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These mid-range sizes balance establishment speed against immediate presence, and they are the usual choice for general garden planting. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"5L","offer_id":64308528906609,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64308528939377,"sku":null,"price":139.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/4N4QzE15BJCLyqxhsOqyJ_X2h5IT7H.jpg?v=1787627338"},{"product_id":"camellia-debutante","title":"Camellia Debutante","description":"\u003cp\u003eDebutante has been in Australian gardens for generations, and it earns the space by flowering early and heavily. The blooms are full peony form in a light pink, opening from round buds well before most japonicas get going, on a plant more upright and vigorous than the japonica average.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo practical notes. Spent flowers tend to brown on the bush rather than dropping cleanly, so going over it with secateurs during the season keeps it tidy and reduces the amount of spoiled petal tissue sitting around. And because it grows with some vigour, it responds well to shaping straight after flowering finishes; leave the pruning until summer and you cut off next season's buds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGive it part shade, moderate water and soil on the acidic side with plenty of organic matter worked in. It suits a tall informal hedge, a shaded courtyard or a large tub. Supplied in 5lt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 5L, at $29.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"5L","offer_id":64308529365361,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/Ul0Vlbr4u6IaZ_gEYD20Z_nswA3ZbU.jpg?v=1787627336"},{"product_id":"camellia-japonica-ardoch","title":"Japanese Camellia - Camellia japonica Ardoch","description":"\u003cp\u003eArdoch is one of the harder japonica cultivars to find in the trade, and it turns up in small numbers rather than as a production line. Grow it as you would any Camellia japonica: filtered light or morning shade, moderate water, and an acidic, open, humus rich soil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe root system is shallow and fibrous, which has consequences on site:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo not cultivate or dig around the base once it is planted.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMulch generously with composted leaf litter or aged pine bark, kept clear of the trunk.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn heavy clay, plant slightly proud of the surrounding soil rather than digging a sump that holds water.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFeed with a camellia and azalea fertiliser after flowering, not during it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAvailable in 200mm and 300mm, so you can start a hedge line from smaller stock or place a single specimen where you need it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 200mm up to 300mm, priced from $38.95 to $99.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These are younger plants, priced for planting in quantity, and they establish quickly once in the ground. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64308532019569,"sku":null,"price":38.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64308532052337,"sku":null,"price":99.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/CuLbIpDEUxbv1Qt1Q697_wuntYzTU.jpg?v=1787627337"},{"product_id":"camellia-japonica-black-magic","title":"Japanese Camellia - Camellia japonica Black Magic","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf you have been shortlisting the dark red japonicas, the foliage is what separates this one. Black Magic has unusually dark, glossy, wavy edged leaves with an almost holly like look, so the bush holds its own between flowerings instead of reading as green filler. The blooms are a deep, dark red, full and heavily petalled.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDark red camellia flowers have one weakness: sun and rain both mark them. A bloom that opens in hot afternoon sun burns at the edges within a day, and heavy rain spots the petals. Site it for morning light with some overhead shelter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePetal blight is the other issue, browning flowers from the centre outwards in a humid spring. The fungus carries over in fallen blooms, so rake the drop up and bin it rather than letting it mulch back in under the plant. Growth is slow to moderate, which keeps it manageable in a large pot or a courtyard bed. Sizes here run from 200mm to 100L.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 3 sizes, from 200mm up to 100L, priced from $50.95 to $819.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"100L","offer_id":64308534444401,"sku":null,"price":819.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64308534477169,"sku":null,"price":50.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64308534509937,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/RhCLan2Pst1MAvwReIdoY_5gSY6pTa.jpg?v=1787627478"},{"product_id":"camellia-japonica-bob-hope","title":"Japanese Camellia - Camellia japonica Bob Hope","description":"\u003cp\u003eLook at Bob Hope in flower and the colour is the first thing you notice: a very dark, saturated red, in large semi double blooms with slightly waved petals around a centre of gold stamens. It is a mid to late season japonica, slow to moderate in growth, upright and reasonably compact, which makes it a manageable specimen for a courtyard or a big pot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDark red camellia flowers scorch faster than pale ones. Petals bruise to brown at the edges within a day of hot afternoon light, so site it where shade arrives by the middle of the day. Part shade, moderate even watering and acidic free draining soil are the rest of it, with mulch over the shallow roots and a feed once the flowers finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt gets confused with other dark reds on the bench; Bob Hope is the one with the loose semi double form and prominent stamens. Available in 70mm, 200mm and 300mm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 3 sizes, from 70mm up to 300mm, priced from $16.95 to $99.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These are younger plants, priced for planting in quantity, and they establish quickly once in the ground. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64308534608241,"sku":null,"price":40.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64308534641009,"sku":null,"price":99.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"70mm","offer_id":64311678402929,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/h05VhAhyNxn4AAxtRDV4S_RPSxW7ih.jpg?v=1787627338"},{"product_id":"camellia-japonica-grace-albritton","title":"Japanese Camellia - Camellia japonica Grace Albritton","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt close range, the picotee is what sells this one. Grace Albritton is a miniature to small formal double japonica, pale pink with a distinct deeper pink edge to each neatly overlapping petal, and the flowers sit tidily against the foliage instead of blowing open.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrowth is slow and compact, so it stays in scale in a glazed pot, a narrow shaded bed or beside a front step where the flower detail can actually be seen. Used as a hedge it will take years to fill, which is worth knowing before you order a run of them. Small formal doubles need shelter from wind and from morning sun striking frosted buds, both of which brown the petal edges and spoil the pattern that makes the cultivar worth growing. Keep the soil acidic and free draining, mulch the shallow roots, water moderately and consistently, and feed after flowering. Supplied in 200mm and 300mm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 200mm up to 300mm, priced from $31.95 to $139.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These are younger plants, priced for planting in quantity, and they establish quickly once in the ground. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64308538671473,"sku":null,"price":31.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64308538704241,"sku":null,"price":139.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/xZrZjPhrVjK8CWkR_-cHA_Do2NXF1l.jpg?v=1787627339"},{"product_id":"camellia-japonica-kingyo-tsubaki-fishtail-camellia","title":"Japanese Camellia - Camellia japonica Kingyo-tsubaki Fishtail Camellia","description":"\u003cp\u003eCustomers often ask whether the leaves have been damaged. They have not. Kingyo-tsubaki is the fishtail camellia, an old Japanese selection whose leaf tips divide into two or three lobes like the tail of a goldfish, which is exactly what the name describes. It is grown for that foliage first. The red flowers are a bonus rather than the reason.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot every leaf shows the character, and shoots occasionally revert to plain japonica foliage. Cut those back to a fishtail leaf as soon as you notice them, because plain growth tends to be the more vigorous and will slowly take the plant over.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCulture is standard japonica: part shade, acid free draining soil, steady moisture and no deep planting. Growth is slow to moderate. This is a single 200L specimen from one farm, so treat it as a collected feature for a shaded courtyard or a large pot near a path, where the leaf shape can actually be seen. We deliver to QLD, NSW, VIC, SA, ACT and WA for a flat $99 on orders from $399.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 200L, at $1579.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"200L","offer_id":64308540670321,"sku":null,"price":1579.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/0UvCgKnu7iM4DnjhmpozR_ZPtSt65l.jpg?v=1787627338"},{"product_id":"camellia-japonica-kramers-supreme","title":"Japanese Camellia - Camellia japonica Kramers Supreme","description":"\u003cp\u003eFew red japonicas carry scent, and Kramers Supreme is the one people usually mean when they say a red camellia can be fragrant. The flowers are large, full peony form and a deep clear red, with a light sweet perfume that comes through best on still mild days rather than in cold wet weather.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe plant is vigorous and upright for a japonica, and the blooms are heavy enough that outer branches bend under them in a wet season, so a spot with some shelter from wind is worth finding. Part shade with protection from hot afternoon sun, moderate water and an acidic, open soil will keep it healthy, and pruning belongs immediately after flowering. It works as a tall informal screen, a corner specimen or a large tub in a shaded courtyard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAvailable in 200mm and 300mm. We deliver to QLD, NSW, VIC, SA, ACT and WA for a flat $99.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 200mm up to 300mm, priced from $31.95 to $139.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These are younger plants, priced for planting in quantity, and they establish quickly once in the ground. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64308540932465,"sku":null,"price":31.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64308540965233,"sku":null,"price":139.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/1ui5gzOP6U6sSckQqEqpN_EKbbgTbO.jpg?v=1787627544"},{"product_id":"camellia-japonica-little-red-riding-hood","title":"Japanese Camellia - Camellia japonica Little Red Riding Hood","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf you are working with a courtyard, a narrow side bed or a row of pots, this is a japonica sold on the strength of a compact habit and red flowers rather than on flower size. Slow to moderate growth means it holds its shape without constant cutting back, which is what you want against a fence line or in a planter that cannot be replanted every few years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 70mm tubes are the sensible choice for a long hedge run, since young camellias establish and knit together faster than large stock and cost much less to plant at spacing; the 200mm size is for filling a gap or placing a single plant. Part shade, moderate water, acidic free draining soil and a thick mulch over the shallow surface roots are the requirements. Feed after flowering rather than before, and prune only once the last blooms have gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 70mm up to 200mm, priced from $16.95 to $31.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These are younger plants, priced for planting in quantity, and they establish quickly once in the ground. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64308541489521,"sku":null,"price":31.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"70mm","offer_id":64311681548657,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/Au6vXPzmTjS5wBr3xNv9s_bqzYqPac.jpg?v=1787627477"},{"product_id":"camellia-japonica-lovelight","title":"Japanese Camellia - Camellia japonica Lovelight","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhite camellia flowers show every mark, and that decides where this one goes. Lovelight opens a large, loose semi double white around a prominent boss of gold stamens, with petals substantial enough to hold the form. Put it under the eaves of a verandah, beneath an existing canopy or against a sheltered eastern wall, because one night of driving rain will brown the outer petals of anything white and exposed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe bush is upright and reasonably vigorous for a japonica, which makes it easier to train against a wall or use as a tall screening plant than the squat cultivars are.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTiming your pruning matters more than technique. Camellias set next season's buds through summer, so cut as soon as flowering finishes and then leave the plant alone. A tidy up in January quietly removes the flowers you were waiting for. Part shade and moderate, consistent water do the rest. Sizes run from 200mm through to 100L, so an established plant can be matched to a gap in an existing bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 8 sizes, from 140mm up to 100L, priced from $17.95 to $4399.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"70L","offer_id":64308541587825,"sku":null,"price":4399.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"500mm","offer_id":64308541620593,"sku":null,"price":589.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64308541653361,"sku":null,"price":17.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64308541686129,"sku":null,"price":349.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100L","offer_id":64308541718897,"sku":null,"price":819.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64308541751665,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"330mm","offer_id":64308541784433,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64308541817201,"sku":null,"price":45.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/theR8p2zX44kzY_OCaZyH_oSFqSfRu.jpg?v=1787627477"},{"product_id":"camellia-japonica-margaret-davis","title":"Japanese Camellia - Camellia japonica Margaret Davis","description":"\u003cp\u003eEvery petal on Margaret Davis carries a rose red rim on a creamy white ground, which is why this Australian raised sport of Aspasia Macarthur has stayed in production for decades. The flowers are informal double to peony form, mid season, on a japonica of moderate vigour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorth knowing before you buy: the cultivar is a sport, and sports revert. It is normal for an established plant to throw the occasional branch of plain white, pink or streaked flowers, and if you want the edged form to dominate you cut those shoots out at the base as soon as you spot them in bloom. That is a maintenance quirk rather than a fault in the plant, and it catches people who have only grown seedling raised camellias.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOtherwise treat it as a standard japonica: filtered light, shelter from morning sun on frosty mornings, moderate water, acidic soil, mulch over the shallow roots, feeding after flowering. Available in 200mm and 300mm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 200mm up to 300mm, priced from $45.95 to $139.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These mid-range sizes balance establishment speed against immediate presence, and they are the usual choice for general garden planting. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64308542570865,"sku":null,"price":45.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64308542603633,"sku":null,"price":139.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/mu-7YGIOf_oI7dGa0y0h5_N8hlD7ow.jpg?v=1787627477"},{"product_id":"camellia-japonica-nuccios-pearl","title":"Japanese Camellia - Camellia japonica Nuccios Pearl","description":"\u003cp\u003eRaised at Nuccio's Nurseries in California, this is a formal double japonica with tightly geometric overlapping petals, white through the centre and washed with orchid pink toward the outer edges.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFormal doubles live or die on flower condition, and that governs where you put it. Rain sits in the layered petals and turns them brown, and a bloom hit by early sun while still frozen will collapse the same day, so choose a position with some overhead protection where light arrives later in the morning. Growth is slow to moderate and dense, which keeps the plant in proportion in a pot or a small shaded bed for a long time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStandard camellia culture applies: acidic, open, humus rich soil, moderate water without waterlogging, mulch rather than cultivation over the shallow roots, and a camellia fertiliser once flowering has finished. Supplied in 200mm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 200mm, at $31.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64308544569713,"sku":null,"price":31.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/uVqI4vxN-RrVMeaCEGqaP_jeOKR3pP.jpg?v=1787627544"},{"product_id":"camellia-japonica-pink-gold","title":"Japanese Camellia - Camellia japonica Pink Gold","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe gold in the name is the stamens, not the foliage. Pink Gold sets clear pink petals around a wide open centre of golden stamens, the sort of camellia flower that still reads properly from a few metres away rather than needing to be inspected up close.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne 300L plant is available from a single farm, so this is a specimen purchase rather than a hedge run, and that size brings its own considerations. Plant it no deeper than it sat in the container. Camellias are surface rooters, and a root ball buried even slightly too low will sit and sulk for years, dropping buds and yellowing between the leaf veins. Dig wide rather than deep, backfill with the native soil improved with compost, and mulch generously without heaping it against the trunk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart shade, steady moisture and an acid soil that drains freely are the rest of it. Growth is slow to moderate, so what arrives on the truck is close to what you will have for the first few seasons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 250mm up to 300L, priced from $59.95 to $2089.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"250mm","offer_id":64308545192305,"sku":null,"price":59.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300L","offer_id":64308545225073,"sku":null,"price":2089.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/yufT4hDglWg3zTVr1Sj1E_0uHdc3hl.jpg?v=1787627477"},{"product_id":"camellia-japonica-pope-john-xxiii","title":"Japanese Camellia - Camellia japonica Pope John XXIII","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere are japonicas people grow for a hedge and japonicas people grow because they want that particular cultivar, and this one falls into the second group. It is a collector's line rather than a landscape workhorse, and it turns up in limited numbers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe practical issue with any japonica through a humid Australian autumn and winter is camellia petal blight, which browns flowers from the centre outward and leaves them hanging on the bush. It carries over on infected petals lying underneath, so pick up fallen blooms and bin them rather than composting them in place, keep the mulch fresh, and thin crowded growth so air moves through the plant. Beyond that the requirements are modest: part shade, moderate and even water, acidic free draining soil, mulch over shallow roots, and feeding once the flowers finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSupplied in 200mm. Flat $99 delivery to QLD, NSW, VIC, SA, ACT and WA on orders from $399.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 3 sizes, from 200mm up to 330mm, priced from $31.95 to $159.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These are younger plants, priced for planting in quantity, and they establish quickly once in the ground. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"250mm","offer_id":64308545323377,"sku":null,"price":87.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"330mm","offer_id":64308545356145,"sku":null,"price":159.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64308545388913,"sku":null,"price":31.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/kZzA1_pkZ0peaC3n3YG6K_Iyl1W6z9.jpg?v=1787627544"},{"product_id":"camellia-japonica-red-red-rose","title":"Japanese Camellia - Camellia japonica Red Red Rose","description":"\u003cp\u003eFive farms grow this one and sizes run from 70mm tubes up to 150L, which makes it one of the more practical red japonicas to buy in matched numbers for a run of hedging or a repeated planting down a shaded side path. The flower is a formal double, deep rose red, petals laid over each other in tight even rows with no stamens showing, and it does look like the rose the name promises.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFormal doubles have one habit worth knowing. They hang onto spent blooms longer than singles do, and in a wet spring those hold on and brown off on the bush. A shake of the branches after rain deals with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrown as a hedge it clips well, but clip only in the weeks straight after flowering. Camellias set their buds over summer and a late shear takes them off. Part shade, an acid soil that drains, and consistent water through the hot months are what it asks for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 5 sizes, from 70mm up to 150L, priced from $16.95 to $1259.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"150L","offer_id":64308545552753,"sku":null,"price":1259.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64308545585521,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64308545618289,"sku":null,"price":40.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250mm","offer_id":64308545651057,"sku":null,"price":96.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"70mm","offer_id":64311642947953,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/EI47y2eYVs9xSovn3RbDn_QPqRW794.jpg?v=1787627478"},{"product_id":"camellia-japonica-silver-waves","title":"Japanese Camellia - Camellia japonica Silver Waves","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhere a formal double looks engineered, Silver Waves looks loose and open: a large white flower with wavy, slightly crimped petals around a broad boss of gold stamens, on a japonica of moderate vigour and fairly open habit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLarge white flowers show every mark, so this one repays a sheltered position with overhead cover, out of driving rain and out of early morning sun after a cold night. Both will brown the petals within hours. Part shade, even moisture and an acidic, open soil cover the rest, with mulch over the shallow roots instead of digging.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is one of the few camellias here offered in 400mm, which means a plant with real presence for a shaded entry or a courtyard needing immediate scale, while the 200mm and 300mm sizes suit massed or hedge planting. Prune only just after flowering, since the buds form on the previous season's wood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 3 sizes, from 200mm up to 400mm, priced from $40.95 to $349.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64308546404721,"sku":null,"price":349.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64308546437489,"sku":null,"price":40.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64308546470257,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/L48zVpUud-2_19kri0FpP_HUC1e3AY.jpg?v=1787627544"},{"product_id":"camellia-japonica-something-beautiful","title":"Japanese Camellia - Camellia japonica Something Beautiful","description":"\u003cp\u003ePrune this one straight after flowering and not a month later. Like all japonicas, Something Beautiful sets its flower buds on wood made during the previous growing season, so a summer tidy up takes next winter's display with it. That single habit accounts for most of the camellias that grow well and never seem to bloom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 70mm tubes suit anyone planting a shaded hedge run and prepared to wait a couple of seasons for it to close up; the 200mm size is for a single plant or a pot. Expect the usual japonica package otherwise: glossy dark foliage that holds through the year, flowers across the cool months, and slow to moderate growth that stays in scale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSite it in part shade with shelter from strong wind and from sun striking frosted buds. Soil should be acidic and free draining, mulched with aged pine bark kept off the stem, and watered moderately but never left bone dry in a container.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 70mm up to 200mm, priced from $16.95 to $31.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These are younger plants, priced for planting in quantity, and they establish quickly once in the ground. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64308546568561,"sku":null,"price":31.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"70mm","offer_id":64311683580273,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/O0POdvcADkcuiLbjsLJhf_GTXiAxCu.jpg?v=1787627544"},{"product_id":"camellia-japonica-william-bull","title":"Japanese Camellia - Camellia japonica William Bull","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhy do camellias thrive in one garden and yellow off in the next? Almost always it comes down to soil pH. William Bull, like every Camellia japonica, wants acidic ground. In limey soils, or beds built up against a rendered wall where lime has leached in, the leaves go pale between dark green veins and the plant stalls no matter how much fertiliser goes on. If your soil tests alkaline, grow it in a pot in a camellia and azalea mix rather than fighting the bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOtherwise it asks for little: part shade or filtered light, moderate even water, mulch over the shallow surface roots and a feed once flowering has finished. Growth is slow to moderate and the dark glossy foliage holds all year, so it reads as a solid green shape in a shaded corner even out of season. Supplied in 200mm, a useful size for hedging or for potting on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 200mm, at $35.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64308548075889,"sku":null,"price":35.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/oNw-j-hKNfJ5yGgrOsAc_S9gKhIsF.jpg?v=1787627477"},{"product_id":"camellia-midnight","title":"Camellia Midnight","description":"\u003cp\u003eDark red barely covers it. Midnight is grown for flowers so deeply coloured they read as near black in shade, set against heavy dark glossy foliage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColour that dark comes with a catch: it absorbs heat, and direct afternoon sun will scorch the petals brown at the edges within a day, so a position with morning light and shade from the middle of the day on is not optional. It also gets muddled with the other dark camellias floating around under the black camellia label, including hybrids of quite different breeding, so buy on the cultivar name rather than the description.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSlow to moderate growth keeps it manageable in a large pot or a shaded bed. Give it acidic, free draining, humus rich soil, moderate water, mulch over the shallow roots and a feed after flowering finishes. Supplied in 5lt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 5L, at $29.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"5L","offer_id":64308548436337,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/GBK3ZI4Giu6mgkSIdh1Dl_LrcAZm9W.jpg?v=1787627478"},{"product_id":"camellia-sasanqua-egao","title":"Sasanqua Camellia - Camellia sasanqua Egao","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy mid autumn, when the japonicas are still weeks away from opening, Egao is already in flower. It is a Japanese raised sasanqua, the name meaning smiling face, with large clear pink single to semi double blooms on a vigorous, fairly upright bush.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSasanquas differ from japonicas in ways that matter on site: smaller leaves, faster growth, more tolerance of open sun, and flowers that shatter and drop rather than hanging on brown. That combination is why they get used for clipped hedges, screens and espalier against a wall, and why Egao turns up so often in commercial planting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is also a contorted sport, Egao Corkscrew, with twisted stems and leaves. If you want the ordinary upright form, this is it. Part shade and moderate water suit it, in acidic free draining soil with mulch over the shallow roots, and clipping is best done once flowering ends. Available in 200mm and 300mm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 3 sizes, from 200mm up to 400mm, priced from $50.95 to $269.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64308553187697,"sku":null,"price":269.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64308553220465,"sku":null,"price":50.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64308553253233,"sku":null,"price":139.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/VCv4osQwhnxO79U2MKNqH_lXJJZPLd.jpg?v=1787627478"},{"product_id":"camellia-sasanqua-fuji-no-mine","title":"Sasanqua Camellia - Camellia sasanqua Fuji-no-mine","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmong the white sasanquas, Fuji-no-mine is one of the tidier growers: upright, reasonably dense once it has been tipped a few times, and carrying white blooms through autumn against dark evergreen foliage. Like most sasanquas it sheds spent petals individually rather than dropping whole browned flowers, which is why it reads better beside a path or a pool surround than the japonicas do.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt wants acidic, free draining soil with plenty of organic matter, part shade, and shelter from hot afternoon sun. Yellowing between green veins usually means the soil has gone too alkaline, common alongside new concrete or rendered walls, and the fix is iron chelates and a camellia or azalea fertiliser rather than more water.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClip immediately after flowering finishes. Trim later in the year and you cut off the buds for the following season. Watch the undersides of the leaves for scale, and the sooty mould that follows it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 70mm up to 300mm, priced from $16.95 to $99.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These are younger plants, priced for planting in quantity, and they establish quickly once in the ground. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64308553515377,"sku":null,"price":99.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"70mm","offer_id":64311639245169,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/9NxrfvJRlOhN6OLCq_b4j_2A17zI73.jpg?v=1787627477"},{"product_id":"camellia-sasanqua-fukuzutsumi","title":"Sasanqua Camellia - Camellia sasanqua Fukuzutsumi","description":"\u003cp\u003eFukuzutsumi is one of the older Japanese sasanquas still worth planting. The flowers are single, white washed with pink towards the edges around a boss of gold stamens, and they carry a light scent that many camellias lack. The habit is looser and more arching than the tight modern hedging forms, which makes it a better candidate for espalier against a shaded wall, or a relaxed screen, than for a sharply clipped block.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGive it part shade, acidic soil that drains, and steady moisture through the first two summers while it establishes. Mulch matters more than deep watering here, because sasanqua roots sit close to the surface and resent being dug around.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe usual disappointment is thin, gappy growth, and that almost always comes from too little light or from letting a young plant run up unpruned. Tip prune often while it is small. Flat rate $99 delivery to QLD, NSW, VIC, SA, ACT and WA on orders over $399.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 3 sizes, from 70mm up to 300mm, priced from $16.95 to $129.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These are younger plants, priced for planting in quantity, and they establish quickly once in the ground. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64308553613681,"sku":null,"price":41.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64308553646449,"sku":null,"price":129.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"70mm","offer_id":64311676371313,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/r_i4xQaQnbTcR8QlLxzMd_GxWKtHYt.jpg?v=1787627477"},{"product_id":"camellia-sasanqua-jennifer-susan-standards","title":"Sasanqua Camellia - Camellia sasanqua Jennifer Susan Standards","description":"\u003cp\u003eTrained onto a clear stem, Jennifer Susan makes a softer standard than most, because the variety naturally wants to arch and weep rather than sit stiff. The flowers are soft rose pink and fully petalled, produced through the autumn months, and they sit out along the pendulous growth instead of being buried inside it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStandards are the most demanding way to buy a camellia. The head is heavy and catches wind, so keep a stake in place until the stem has thickened, and check the ties every few months, since camellia bark marks easily. Rub off any shoots that appear on the stem or from the base while they are still soft.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a pot, use a premium potting mix rather than garden soil, feed once flowering has finished, and never let the container dry right out. A sudden drought is the usual reason a standard drops its buds unopened.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 3 sizes, from 300mm up to 400mm, priced from $189.00 to $659.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64308553941361,"sku":null,"price":659.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"330mm","offer_id":64308553974129,"sku":null,"price":369.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64308554006897,"sku":null,"price":189.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/4m4MfMPuqo8nzTOIDwuys_rjmoa8Vb.jpg?v=1787627478"},{"product_id":"camellia-sasanqua-pure-silk-standards","title":"Sasanqua Camellia - Camellia sasanqua Pure Silk Standards","description":"\u003cp\u003eA standard camellia is really two jobs in one plant: a straight stem holding the height, and a head of sasanqua growth that has to be kept round and dense by hand. Pure Silk is grown here in that form, so the autumn flowers arrive at eye level, above whatever is planted at the base.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrim the head lightly as soon as the last flowers fade, working over the whole surface rather than cutting back into bare old wood, which sasanquas are slow to reshoot from. Two light trims a year beat one hard one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSite them in part shade with morning light and protection from harsh afternoon sun and wind. They are most often used in pairs at a doorway or spaced along a driveway, and in that setting evenness matters, so plant both into the same prepared soil and water them on the same cycle. Acidic, well drained ground and a thick mulch keep the leaves dark rather than bronzed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 3 sizes, from 300mm up to 400mm, priced from $189.00 to $659.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Every size here is established stock rather than a starter plant, so this line is intended for immediate effect rather than for growing on. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64308558791025,"sku":null,"price":659.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"330mm","offer_id":64308558823793,"sku":null,"price":369.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64308558856561,"sku":null,"price":189.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/r1NelKqyv1gEqGKDnZxbi_xyDVwC3J.jpg?v=1787627545"},{"product_id":"camellia-sasanqua-wahroonga","title":"Sasanqua Camellia - Camellia sasanqua Wahroonga","description":"\u003cp\u003eWahroonga carries soft pink, many petalled flowers through autumn on a plant that is more compact and slower moving than the vigorous screening sasanquas. That restraint is the point. It suits a courtyard bed, a low informal hedge under a window, or a large pot, where a fast grower such as Setsugekka would quickly outgrow the space.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 70mm size is the sensible way to plant a run of them. Small camellias settle faster than most people expect and generally catch up to larger stock within a couple of seasons if the soil has been prepared properly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDig in compost, keep the top of the root ball level with the surrounding soil rather than buried, and hold the mulch clear of the stem. Part shade suits it, and the flower colour holds better out of direct afternoon sun. Bud drop in a dry autumn is the common complaint, so water through the lead up to flowering, not only during it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 70mm up to 200mm, priced from $16.95 to $31.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These are younger plants, priced for planting in quantity, and they establish quickly once in the ground. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64308565344625,"sku":null,"price":31.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"70mm","offer_id":64311680663921,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/jKOqd3ygrpL67U3UujqsA_VXH2IA5Y.jpg?v=1787627478"},{"product_id":"camellia-with-love","title":"Camellia With Love","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf the label has reached you as simply With Love, that is normal for this one. It is sold under its cultivar name rather than a species tag, and it belongs with the autumn and early winter flowering camellias rather than the later japonicas. Expect an evergreen shrub with small, glossy, dark leaves and blooms in the soft pink to white range typical of that group, carried on slightly arching wood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCulture is standard for camellias and unforgiving in only two respects. The soil must be acidic and free draining, since they sulk in heavy clay and go chlorotic on limey ground, and the roots must stay cool, which means mulch and part shade rather than reflected heat off paving or a pale wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeed after flowering, not before. A 5lt plant is already large enough to flower in its first season with you, so resist the urge to prune it hard on arrival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 5L, at $29.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"5L","offer_id":64308567605617,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/bWG7oL570rzeD1ZiaGqlM_JMqwg8Ex.jpg?v=1787627478"},{"product_id":"camellia-sasanqua","title":"Sasanqua Camellia - Camellia sasanqua","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf you want a camellia you can actually clip into a hedge, this is the group to buy. Sasanquas carry smaller leaves and finer twiggy growth than japonicas, they take shearing without sulking, and they are the camellias used for espalier against a wall or a tight screen down a side boundary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFlowering runs through autumn, ahead of the japonicas, and the petals shatter and fall singly rather than the whole bloom dropping intact. That is a genuine siting consideration: a sasanqua over a pool or pale pavers means sweeping for several weeks. Put it where the fall lands on garden bed instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoil matters more than most people allow for. They want an acid to neutral mix with real organic matter, mulch kept clear of the trunk, and steady moisture through late summer while next season's flower buds are forming. Let one dry out badly at that point and the buds go brown and drop before they ever open.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 6 sizes, from 140mm up to 300L, priced from $16.95 to $7709.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64311319691633,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64311319724401,"sku":null,"price":88.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300L","offer_id":64311319757169,"sku":null,"price":7709.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64311319789937,"sku":null,"price":35.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45L","offer_id":64311319822705,"sku":null,"price":229.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250mm","offer_id":64311319855473,"sku":null,"price":67.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/KCAJ1NZUrHfV7GW4Kg0Hw_KfsYS3nf.jpg?v=1787629102"},{"product_id":"camellia-japonica-brushfields-yellow","title":"Japanese Camellia - Camellia japonica Brushfields Yellow","description":"\u003cp\u003eNobody buys this one for a yellow flower in the daffodil sense. The bloom is an anemone form: a ring of broad white to cream guard petals around a tight dome of small creamy petaloids, and it is that packed centre, not the outer petals, carrying the colour. It is an old cultivar that has stayed in production because the flowers are clean, well shaped and hold together when floated in a bowl.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike other japonicas it is slow, long lived and happiest in dappled shade with gentle morning light and shelter from western sun. Treat it as a shrub you shape lightly, not a hedge you shear; japonicas resent hard clipping in a way sasanquas simply do not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe usual complaint is brown flowers hanging on the bush after rain, since spent japonica blooms do not always drop cleanly. Pick them off through the flowering flush if the plant sits somewhere prominent, and keep overhead watering off it while it is in bud.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 6 sizes, from 70mm up to 150L, priced from $16.95 to $1259.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"150L","offer_id":64311327293809,"sku":null,"price":1259.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64311327326577,"sku":null,"price":139.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"70mm","offer_id":64311327359345,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64311327392113,"sku":null,"price":50.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"180mm","offer_id":64311327424881,"sku":null,"price":36.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250mm","offer_id":64311327457649,"sku":null,"price":96.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/Hh8OYcnKeLTo0dExT6EAw_h84Y6akN.jpg?v=1787629105"},{"product_id":"camellia-sasanqua-star-above-star","title":"Sasanqua Camellia - Camellia sasanqua Star Above Star","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe name describes the flower exactly. Petals open in overlapping tiers, so a smaller white star sits above a larger one beneath it, the outer edges washed with lavender pink that deepens in cool weather. Flowering runs through autumn and into winter, when a shaded garden has little else going on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSasanquas carry smaller, glossier leaves than the japonica camellias and tolerate more sun, though part shade with protection from harsh afternoon exposure suits this one. Growth is upright and fairly open, which makes it straightforward to train flat against a wall or fence, and it clips into a narrow informal hedge without much fuss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGet the soil right and the rest follows. It wants an acidic, free draining mix with organic matter in it, and it will sulk in lime, heavy clay or anywhere that stays wet. Mulch to keep the shallow roots cool and water moderately through summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpent flowers drop whole, so allow for some sweeping if it sits over paving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 8 sizes, from 70mm up to 100L, priced from $16.95 to $1209.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64311331324273,"sku":null,"price":349.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100L","offer_id":64311331357041,"sku":null,"price":1209.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64311331389809,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64311331422577,"sku":null,"price":41.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"330mm","offer_id":64311331455345,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"150mm","offer_id":64311331488113,"sku":null,"price":21.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"70mm","offer_id":64311331520881,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"500mm","offer_id":64311331553649,"sku":null,"price":589.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/LtNfqJjrm_DByJ19M0jsq_sl6iJdfr.jpg?v=1787629104"},{"product_id":"camellia-sasanqua-exquisite","title":"Sasanqua Camellia - Camellia sasanqua Exquisite","description":"\u003cp\u003eExquisite is one of the older sasanquas still in the trade, and the flower explains the persistence: single, pale pink, opening from slim buds set along the stems and shattering petal by petal instead of hanging on and browning. Growth is slow to moderate on a slightly open, layered frame, and the small glossy leaves hold all year. It belongs where people walk past it in autumn, along a path, beside steps, or in a pot near a door.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eA plant for eye level\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe argument for this one is the way it drops. Petals let go singly and blow away rather than collapsing on the bush, which is why a sasanqua of this type sits comfortably over paving and beside a front door where a japonica would need sweeping every second day. The layered frame reinforces the point. Branches build in tiers instead of a solid mass, so the flowers are held out along the stems where they are seen from a footpath, not buried in the face of a shrub. Position it in part shade with morning light and cover from harsh afternoon sun, in temperate or subtropical districts from the coast to the tablelands. Soil should be acidic, free draining and generously improved, mulched, not dug over, and watered moderately and evenly, never heavily and rarely.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePlanting depth is the quiet one\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlanting depth finishes camellias without ever announcing itself. Set the root ball level with the surrounding soil or a little proud of it. Buried a hand's width too deep, or with mulch heaped against the trunk, the collar stays permanently damp, the bark rots at ground level underneath the mulch where nobody looks, and the plant declines over two or three seasons with nothing visible above ground to explain it. People then replace the plant and repeat the mistake in the same hole. Scrape the mulch back and check the flare of the trunk on anything that is sulking, since you should be able to see where the stem widens into the roots. Leave a clear ring of bare soil at the stem and put the mulch out over the root zone where it does some good.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAn older cultivar among bred hedgers\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/camellia-sasanqua-plantation-pink\"\u003ePlantation Pink\u003c\/a\u003e is the other single pink here, denser, more upright and stronger in colour, which makes it the one for a solid boundary. Exquisite is paler and more open, and the tiered branching that suits a path also makes it easier to lay out flat as an espalier. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/camellia-sasanqua-jennifer-susan\"\u003eJennifer Susan\u003c\/a\u003e covers similar soft pink ground as a double flower on arching wood. Being an older selection rather than one bred for clipping, Exquisite carries a looser and less uniform frame, which is an asset in an informal garden and a nuisance in a formal one. More of the group sits in the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/camellias\"\u003ecamellia range\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTraining the layers\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrune straight after the last petals fall and never while the plant is in bud. The coming season's flowers are made on wood produced through spring and summer, so the window opens the moment flowering ends and closes as the new growth hardens. On an espalier, shorten the leaders to force side shoots and tie the tiers down along the wires, allowing 1.5 to 2 metres between plants so each has room to fill its own section. On a free standing plant, take out wood growing back through the centre and remove any shoot that has run vertically through the tiers, since one of those spoils a layered frame faster than anything else. Food goes on at the same time, a camellia and azalea formulation watered in, with a lighter second feed in late summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 3 sizes, from 70mm up to 250mm, priced from $16.95 to $87.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These are younger plants, priced for planting in quantity, and they establish quickly once in the ground. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"250mm","offer_id":64311336763761,"sku":null,"price":87.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64311336796529,"sku":null,"price":31.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"70mm","offer_id":64311336829297,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/pd-200-exquisite-camellia-camellia-sasanqua-exqui_f3bcbf28-5fc4-4cd5-bf8d-08f1015a56f6.png?v=1785551584"},{"product_id":"camellia-sasanqua-jennifer-susan","title":"Sasanqua Camellia - Camellia sasanqua Jennifer Susan","description":"\u003cp\u003eJennifer Susan carries soft pink, informal double flowers with slightly ruffled petals through autumn and into the cooler months, and the petals shatter and fall cleanly rather than browning on the bush. What separates it from the other sasanquas here is the wood. The frame is softer and more arching, fine stemmed with small glossy leaves, where the others are stiffly upright. That flexibility makes it the espalier and pot plant of the group, and a hedge that reads soft rather than architectural.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eArching wood and what it is for\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe arching growth is either the reason to buy this plant or the reason to buy a different one. Tied down along wires it lies flat and stays flat, without the constant heading back an upright cultivar needs on a wall. In a large pot it spills over the rim instead of standing stiffly above it, which is the difference between a container that looks planted and one that looks potted. As a hedge it makes a rounded face, never a hard edge, so it suits a boundary you want softened and not a formal line. It grows through temperate and subtropical districts from coastal suburbs to the tablelands, in part shade with morning sun and afternoon protection, in acid soil kept moist and freely draining under a generous mulch, on moderate steady water. Set hedge plants about 750mm apart, or roughly 1.5 metres along espalier wires.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDry westerly wind is the limit\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fine wood and the softer leaf are also the weakness, and the specific weakness is exposure. Hot dry westerly wind crisps the leaf margins on the windward side and browns the buds before they open, and because the wind arrives from one direction the damage does too. A run along an unprotected western boundary ends up full and green on the sheltered face and thin and brown on the other, and no amount of watering evens it up, because the injury is desiccation of the growing tips, not drought at the root. Give it a fence, a building or an established tree line on the hot side before you plant, or put a firmer cultivar on that aspect and keep this one for the sheltered runs. The same wind dries a container from the top down, so move pots off exposed corners in summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAgainst the upright pinks\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/camellia-sasanqua-plantation-pink\"\u003ePlantation Pink\u003c\/a\u003e is the upright single pink and the one that will take an exposed boundary. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/camellia-sasanqua-rose-ann\"\u003eRose Ann\u003c\/a\u003e sits in a similar pink range on a firmer, more compact frame that holds its own shape without training. Jennifer Susan is the one to take when the plant has to bend to the job: laid on a wall, spilling over a pot rim, or softening a hard edge in a courtyard. It is grown here through the full run of grades including \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/semi-advanced-trees\"\u003esemi advanced\u003c\/a\u003e stock, so a trained espalier or screen can go in as a finished piece rather than being built up over years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTie in rather than cut back\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost of the work on this cultivar is tying, not cutting. Once flowering finishes, choose the new arching shoots you want, bring them down towards the horizontal while they are still soft enough to bend, and tie them off with something that will not cut into the bark. Shorten the rest to a couple of leaves. Growth that is bent down flowers along its length; growth left standing upright runs away and flowers at the tip. Anything you do cut has to happen in that same post flowering window, because a trim in December takes the buds for the following autumn with it. A camellia and azalea product twice a year is enough, and on this one it is worth going lightly, since soft sappy growth pushed by heavy feeding is exactly the growth that burns in dry wind. Pots take the same at half strength onto damp mix, with the surface refreshed every couple of years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 10 sizes, from 200mm up to 150L, priced from $38.95 to $1199.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"330mm","offer_id":64311349739889,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"500mm","offer_id":64311349772657,"sku":null,"price":589.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64311349805425,"sku":null,"price":339.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64311349838193,"sku":null,"price":38.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250mm","offer_id":64311349870961,"sku":null,"price":109.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"70L","offer_id":64311349903729,"sku":null,"price":609.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100L","offer_id":64311349936497,"sku":null,"price":1059.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64311349969265,"sku":null,"price":99.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45L","offer_id":64311350002033,"sku":null,"price":259.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"150L","offer_id":64311350034801,"sku":null,"price":1199.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/plantdrop-jennifer-susan-camellia-camellia-sasanqua-jennifer-susan-20260611_deeb6918-e271-458a-8d50-10f11bdc1114.png?v=1785551610"},{"product_id":"camellia-sasanqua-paradise-blush","title":"Sasanqua Camellia - Camellia sasanqua Paradise Blush","description":"\u003cp\u003eParadise Blush comes from the Paradise series, bred on the New South Wales Central Coast and selected for hedging rather than for show benches. The flowers are pale, flushed pink towards the petal edges, opening through autumn into early winter. What the breeding actually gives you sits underneath the flower: small leaves, fine twiggy growth and a willingness to be clipped into a true hedge instead of a row of shrubs. Screening and clipped shapes in pots are the work it was selected for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBred for clipping, not for the show bench\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe distinction matters when you are choosing between this and an older cultivar. Selections made for exhibition are judged on a single bloom and can carry a coarse leaf and an uneven frame without losing anything on the day. The Paradise plants were selected on the frame instead, so the leaf is small, the internodes are short, and the response to a cut is a flush of side shoots rather than one replacement leader. That is what holds a clipped face flat and keeps a hedge furnished at the base. It also means the plant tolerates being sheared more often than a show cultivar would, which is how a dense face gets built. Growth is still slow to moderate, so the density comes from branching rather than from speed, and a hedge grown on from small stock is measured in seasons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHard water and limestone country\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWater chemistry is what catches gardeners on this one, and nothing about it is visible until the damage is done. Bore water in dry inland districts is commonly hard, and repeated irrigation with it, or planting into soil that is naturally high in lime, pushes the root zone alkaline over a couple of seasons. Iron and manganese lock up, the leaf blades pale while the veins stay green, and the plant stops extending. A hedge shows it unevenly, so one section looks sick while the rest grows away, which sends people looking for a disease that is not there. Use rainwater where there is a tank, an acidifying camellia and azalea fertiliser where there is not, and test the pH before committing to a long run that cannot easily be pulled out and replaced. Part shade with morning light, acidic free draining soil with plenty of organic matter through it, mulch instead of cultivation, and moderate steady water cover the rest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBlush or Pearl\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/camellia-sasanqua-paradise-pearl\"\u003eParadise Pearl\u003c\/a\u003e is the sibling from the same breeding programme, offered in the smaller and mid grades and aimed at a hedge you train from the beginning. Paradise Blush carries the pink flush at the petal edge and is grown on here into advanced sizes, so it also covers the job where a screen has to look settled on the day it arrives. Against \u003ca href=\"\/products\/camellia-sasanqua-plantation-pink\"\u003ePlantation Pink\u003c\/a\u003e, which is stronger in flower colour and more upright in frame, Paradise Blush is the finer and more restrained \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/hedges\"\u003ehedge\u003c\/a\u003e. The two Paradise selections share a leaf size and a clipping response, so a run of one can be extended with the other without a break in texture. Choose on colour, and on how soon the screen has to work. Plants around 700mm apart close over; drop to 500mm only where a narrow line has to form quickly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe clipping regime\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eShear when the last flowers go over. That window, plus a second light pass a few weeks later if the face needs it, is all you get, because buds for the following autumn are laid down on the growth that follows the cut and a trim in late summer or autumn removes the display everybody was waiting for. Light and regular is what builds a dense face, and the plant answers each pass with side shoots. Keep the top of the hedge narrower than the base so light reaches the lower branches. An acidifying camellia and azalea product goes down behind the first pass and again as the buds form, which on hard water also helps hold the root zone where it needs to be. Clipped plants in pots want smaller, more frequent feeds at reduced strength. Sweep the shed petals off paving under a run.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 8 sizes, from 70mm up to 75L, priced from $16.95 to $649.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64311350067569,"sku":null,"price":99.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"70mm","offer_id":64311350100337,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"500mm","offer_id":64311350133105,"sku":null,"price":649.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64311350165873,"sku":null,"price":26.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64311350198641,"sku":null,"price":39.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250mm","offer_id":64311350231409,"sku":null,"price":97.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45L","offer_id":64311350264177,"sku":null,"price":229.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"75L","offer_id":64311350296945,"sku":null,"price":609.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/pd-209-paradise-blush-camellia-camellia-sasanqua_c4e9be2d-dbb7-4e40-b7a4-272fe1bae5f7.png?v=1785551612"},{"product_id":"camellia-desire","title":"Camellia Desire","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat sets Desire apart from the general run of japonicas is the edge on the flower. The bloom is a formal double, opening pale and almost white at the centre, with a clean band of deeper pink running around the outside of each petal. That pattern varies with the season and with how much sun the bush gets, so no two years look quite the same.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrowth is slow to moderate and fairly upright, which makes it an easy plant to hold in a large pot for years, or to work into a shaded courtyard bed where a faster shrub would swamp everything around it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo things kill camellias in Australian gardens. The first is planting too deep: the top of the root ball should sit at or slightly above the surrounding soil. The second is alkaline soil, so keep it away from fresh concrete and rendered walls. Petal blight, which browns the flowers from the base, spreads from fallen blooms, so rake them up rather than leaving them lying under the bush.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 5L, at $29.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"5L","offer_id":64311363338609,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/c0UjrtQq44oq8Q2tZysyL_Uo1FoRW3.jpg?v=1787629276"},{"product_id":"camellia-hiemalis-hiryu","title":"Camellia hiemalis hiryu","description":"\u003cp\u003eHiryu is a Camellia hiemalis, which is the first thing to establish, because the hiemalis group is routinely sold as sasanqua and does not behave like one. It sits between the sasanquas and the japonicas and takes something from each: the sasanqua willingness to be cut, and japonica substance in the bloom. Flowers are deep crimson semi-doubles held against small, hard-textured leaves that overlap tightly along the stem. The frame is dense and slightly spreading rather than strictly upright, so it works as a low to medium hedge, an espalier on a shaded wall, or a specimen in a pot beside a doorway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eReading the hiemalis label\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe practical consequence of that label is timing. Hiryu starts after the sasanquas have been going for a while and carries on through the cooler months, so buyers expecting an autumn display decide it is late when it is simply a different group. Use it rather than fight it. Planted alongside autumn sasanquas it picks up where they stop and holds red in a shaded bed through the coldest part of the year. Cool districts draw the run out further; warm coastal gardens compress it. The position is part shade with morning light and cover from hot afternoon sun, in an acidic soil opened up with compost and kept mulched, on moderate steady water rather than a soaking followed by neglect. Growth is slow to moderate whatever you do, so a hedge grown on from small pots is a project of several seasons, and the larger grades are what you buy when the line has to read as finished on handover.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eLime is what finishes it\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat catches Hiryu is alkalinity arriving from building work rather than anything the gardener did. Mortar washings off a new wall, a path poured hard against the bed, crushed limestone used as fill under paving: each of them lifts the pH of the root zone, and the plant replies with yellow leaf blades, green veins and no extension growth. Feeding does not repair an alkaline soil. Test the ground before planting anywhere near fresh masonry, keep the bed back from a new concrete edge, and where the fill is rubble, dig the rubble out instead of planting over it. Elemental sulphur worked through ahead of planting will pull a mildly alkaline soil back into range; it will not cope with a trench full of brick offcuts. In warm humid districts keep some air moving through the plant as well, since this one holds dense growth and still shade keeps water sitting on the leaves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHiryu against the other reds\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/camellia-sasanqua-yuletide\"\u003eYuletide\u003c\/a\u003e is a true sasanqua, single bright red around a gold stamen boss, narrower in the shoulder and away earlier in the season, which makes it the pick for a slim autumn screen. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/camellia-japonica-black-tie\"\u003eBlack Tie\u003c\/a\u003e is a japonica, darker again, formal in the flower and more particular about aspect. Hiryu is the middle option: later than Yuletide, more forgiving than Black Tie, and readier than either to hold a low clipped shape over a long run. It is also offered across a wider spread of grades than the other two, so one cultivar can front a bed and back a boundary without a change in leaf texture. Take it when the shape of the hedge matters as much as the colour of the flower. Other \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/hedges\"\u003ehedging plants\u003c\/a\u003e are worth comparing if the run is a long one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eClipping a low line\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCut when the last flowers drop, which on this one falls later in the year than on the sasanquas beside it. Growth made through late spring and summer carries the buds for the next run, so a tidy up in January costs the display. On a low hedge, set plants about 700mm apart, keep the base slightly wider than the top so light reaches the bottom branches, cut to just above a leaf joint, and shear lightly and often once the shape is there rather than hard once a year. A camellia and azalea food goes on straight after the cut, onto damp soil and watered through, with a lighter second application in late summer while the buds are swelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 9 sizes, from 140mm up to 150L, priced from $16.95 to $1229.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64311384310129,"sku":null,"price":109.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"500mm","offer_id":64311384342897,"sku":null,"price":589.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"35L","offer_id":64311384375665,"sku":null,"price":309.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250mm","offer_id":64311384408433,"sku":null,"price":85.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"150L","offer_id":64311384441201,"sku":null,"price":1229.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64311384473969,"sku":null,"price":41.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"175mm","offer_id":64311384506737,"sku":null,"price":26.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64311384539505,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64311384572273,"sku":null,"price":299.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/plantdrop-hiryu-camellia-camellia-hiemalis-hiryu_088759ef-995e-4f13-94d5-444b473856d5.png?v=1785551703"},{"product_id":"camellia-chansonette","title":"Camellia Chansonette","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn autumn, when most of the garden is winding down, Chansonette covers itself in bright rose pink formal double flowers. It is a sasanqua, which is the group to reach for when you want camellia flowers early and a plant that will take more sun than the big japonicas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe habit is the useful part. Chansonette grows low and spreading on arching stems rather than upright, so it works trained flat against a wall, tumbling over a low retaining wall, planted under windows, or clipped into a wide informal hedge. Growth is slow to moderate, so shape it gradually, and prune once flowering has finished in late winter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCamellias want acidic, humus rich, freely draining soil and a permanent mulch over their shallow roots. They will not tolerate lime or standing water. Bud drop is nearly always a watering problem, either a dry spell while the buds were swelling or a pot allowed to go bone dry between drinks. Part shade with gentle morning sun is the safe position.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 5L up to 300mm, priced from $29.95 to $129.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These mid-range sizes balance establishment speed against immediate presence, and they are the usual choice for general garden planting. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64311392633201,"sku":null,"price":129.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"5L","offer_id":64311392665969,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/6LhF2Mji4xLSF-jxnffwL_gdaSrEg8.jpg?v=1787629355"},{"product_id":"camellia-beatrice-emily","title":"Camellia Beatrice Emily","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlong a shaded fence line, or in a big pot against a wall that only catches morning sun, camellias do work that few other shrubs manage. Beatrice Emily is a sasanqua type, which means smaller glossy leaves, a finer denser habit and flowers in autumn rather than the spring show of the japonicas. The blooms are white with a lavender to purple flush toward the outer petals, and like other sasanquas they drop their petals cleanly instead of browning off on the bush. It clips well, so it works as a formal hedge, an espalier on a fence, or a screen in a narrow bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoil is where people come unstuck. Camellias want acidic, humus-rich, free draining ground, and yellowing between the leaf veins usually points to alkalinity, often lime leaching from nearby concrete or render. Mulch well, plant slightly high rather than buried, and prune as soon as flowering finishes, since next autumn's buds are set over summer. Delivery is a flat $99 across QLD, NSW, VIC, SA, ACT and WA on orders of $399 or more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is supplied in one size, 5L, at $29.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot it arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"5L","offer_id":64311422550385,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/jIv-oT7dQPj8kE4XeV1QR_6zbOdZRO.jpg?v=1787629569"},{"product_id":"camellia-sasanqua-setsugekka","title":"Sasanqua Camellia - Camellia sasanqua setsugekka","description":"\u003cp\u003eMost sasanquas are dense and rounded. Setsugekka is not, and that changes what you can do with it. The flowers are large and white with wavy, almost crumpled petals around a boss of gold stamens, opening through autumn into early winter, and they drop singly to leave a white carpet underneath rather than browning on the bush. The habit is upright and open, which makes it one of the sasanquas that trains flat convincingly, although it will still clip into a hedge if that is what is wanted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe one that trains flat\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn open frame is a liability in a hedge and an advantage on a wall. There is enough space between the branches to lay them out on wires without cutting half the plant away to get a pattern, and blooms this size sit forward off a flat frame where they read from a distance instead of being lost in a dense face. Space espalier plants around 2 metres apart along the wires and let the natural openness cover the ground between them; for a hedge, 700mm and more frequent clipping. Temperate and subtropical gardens both suit it. Part shade with morning sun suits it, and shelter from driving rain keeps a large white flower clean, because a bloom this size shows every mark. Soil acidic, free draining and humus rich, the root ball set proud of the surrounding level, mulched generously without burying the stem, and watered moderately and evenly through the first summer in particular.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRain shadow under an eave\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWall training brings its own problem, and it is the rain shadow. A plant tied flat under an eave receives very little of the rain that falls on the rest of the garden, and because the surrounding beds look damp after a downpour nobody thinks to water it. The camellia dries at the root, sheds its buds and thins from the base upward, and the diagnosis usually offered is disease. Put a dripper on any espalier that sits under cover, run it right through summer on a controller rather than relying on somebody noticing, and check under the mulch by hand through the first year while you learn how fast that particular strip dries. The same applies to a plant trained on a fence with a wide capping, or anything against a wall with a deep overhang.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFeature plant, not hedge unit\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/camellia-sasanqua-pure-silk\"\u003ePure Silk\u003c\/a\u003e is the other white sasanqua here and it is the denser and more uniform plant, which is what a long hedge run needs. Setsugekka is larger and looser in the flower and more open in the frame, so it is the one to lay on a wall, stand as a single feature, or plant where a lighter and more architectural shape is wanted. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/camellia-sasanqua-beatrice-emily\"\u003eBeatrice Emily\u003c\/a\u003e is the choice for a formal white with a lavender wash instead. The petal fall here is heavier than on the smaller flowered sasanquas, and the white carpet beneath the plant is part of the effect rather than a mess to clear, which is an argument for planting it over garden bed rather than over paving. Trained plants are grown on into the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/advanced-trees\"\u003eadvanced trees\u003c\/a\u003e grades, and the large blooms cut well for the house.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eLeaders, ties and timing\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrune immediately after flowering. An open frame tempts people to thin it in summer, which removes the wood that would have carried the next display. On an espalier, shorten the leaders to force side shoots, tie in the growth you want while it is still soft enough to bend, and cut everything else back to a couple of leaves. Check the ties every year and loosen them before they cut into thickening wood, since a tie left on an espalier for three seasons will ringbark the branch it was meant to hold. Feed a wall trained plant twice a year with a camellia and azalea product and water it in hard, because granules left on the dry mulch of a rain shadow strip will sit there unmoved until somebody notices. Top the mulch up over the root zone afterwards.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 12 sizes, from 70mm up to 150L, priced from $16.95 to $1209.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"100L","offer_id":64311424319857,"sku":null,"price":1209.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"150L","offer_id":64311424352625,"sku":null,"price":649.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"70L","offer_id":64311424385393,"sku":null,"price":609.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"70mm","offer_id":64311424418161,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64311424450929,"sku":null,"price":41.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45L","offer_id":64311424483697,"sku":null,"price":229.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250mm","offer_id":64311424516465,"sku":null,"price":119.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64311424549233,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"330mm","offer_id":64311424582001,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64311424614769,"sku":null,"price":349.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"180mm","offer_id":64311424647537,"sku":null,"price":36.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64311424680305,"sku":null,"price":109.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/plantdrop-setsugekka-camellia-camellia-sasanqua-setsugekka-20260611_40402849-812d-42cf-b7fd-8b6183ef55ad.png?v=1785551781"},{"product_id":"camellia-sasanqua-pure-silk","title":"Sasanqua Camellia - Camellia sasanqua Pure Silk","description":"\u003cp\u003ePure Silk opens white with a soft pink flush along the petal edges, through autumn and into early winter, at a point in the year when a shaded bed is usually doing nothing at all. The leaves are small, glossy and dark, the habit dense and even, and the plant is produced here in every grade from small pots through to large containerised stock. That spread of grades is the point of it. This is a hedging and screening camellia bought by the run, and it doubles as a wall espalier or a pot beside a shaded entry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBuying a hedge by the run\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eUniformity is what you are paying for on a plant like this, so buy accordingly. Order the whole run at once and from a single grade, because plants raised in the same batch match each other in habit and vigour, and a hedge assembled from stock bought in instalments over two seasons never quite lines up. Set them around 750mm apart for a clipped face, or a metre for a softer screen. Part shade is both the published culture note and the safe position: morning sun is fine, hot afternoon sun in a dry inland garden is not. Soil acidic, free draining, plenty of organic matter, mulched rather than dug, with moderate water held even through summer while the buds are forming. Growth is slow to moderate, so the grade you plant largely decides when the hedge closes over.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat is buried along a new fence\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat ruins boundary hedges is already in the ground before the plants arrive. The strip along a new fence or wall is where the mortar was mixed, the brick offcuts were dropped and the concrete washings went, and lime out of that rubble lifts the pH past anything a camellia can work in. The result is a run that yellows between the veins and stalls in patches while the rest of it grows away, which looks like a disease and is not. Dig the trench out properly, cart the rubble off rather than burying it deeper, and replace the fill with improved acidic soil before the plants go in. Doing it afterwards means lifting a hedge you have already paid for. On an established run that has gone that way, the practical option is to remove the affected plants along with the fill and replant, since sulphur will not work its way through a trench full of mortar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePure Silk or Setsugekka\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/camellia-sasanqua-setsugekka\"\u003eSetsugekka\u003c\/a\u003e is the other white here, but the bloom is larger and wavier and the bush more open, so it reads as a specimen or a wall plant. Pure Silk is denser and more uniform, which is what you want repeated forty times down a fence line. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/camellia-sasanqua-beatrice-emily\"\u003eBeatrice Emily\u003c\/a\u003e carries a formal white washed with lavender where the flower itself is the reason for planting. Choose Pure Silk when consistency across a long run matters more than any single bloom, and look at the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/mature-trees-100l\"\u003emature grades\u003c\/a\u003e when the screen has to work immediately. The pink at the petal edge also softens the line, since a long run of flat white reads harder at distance than it looks on one plant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eKeeping a long run even\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrune straight after the last flowers fall and treat that as the only window, since the coming season's buds form on new growth through spring and summer. Light clipping several times in the months after flowering builds a tighter face than one heavy annual cut. The discipline particular to a long hedge is doing everything to all of it at once. Feed the whole run on the same day with a camellia and azalea fertiliser and repeat in late summer, water it from a line laid the length of the hedge rather than by hand, and clip end to end in one session, because the plant that got less feed or less water is the one the eye finds from the far end of the garden. Keep mulch over the root zone year round.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 11 sizes, from 175mm up to 150L, priced from $26.95 to $1199.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"70L","offer_id":64311446274417,"sku":null,"price":609.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"150L","offer_id":64311446307185,"sku":null,"price":1199.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64311446339953,"sku":null,"price":349.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100L","offer_id":64311446372721,"sku":null,"price":849.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"180mm","offer_id":64311446405489,"sku":null,"price":31.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"330mm","offer_id":64311446438257,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"175mm","offer_id":64311446471025,"sku":null,"price":26.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64311446503793,"sku":null,"price":99.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250mm","offer_id":64311446536561,"sku":null,"price":119.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"500mm","offer_id":64311446569329,"sku":null,"price":1039.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64311446602097,"sku":null,"price":38.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/plantdrop-pure-silk-camellia-camellia-sasanqua-pure-silk-20260611_d509fdc4-317f-4ac9-95f6-bb866a4ff07b.png?v=1785551850"},{"product_id":"camellia-sasanqua-rose-ann","title":"Sasanqua Camellia - Camellia sasanqua Rose Ann","description":"\u003cp\u003eRose Ann is a sasanqua in every respect: small glossy leaves, dense branching, more tolerance of bright conditions than a japonica has, and pink flowers through autumn that shed petal by petal rather than dropping whole and browning off. What separates it from the other pinks stocked here is the wood, firm and evenly built rather than arching, so the bush carries its own shape. It holds a clipped face on a fence line, sits still in a pot, or fills a shaded bed as a rounded shrub without much intervention at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eA plant that holds its own shape\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome camellias have to be argued into a shape, and this is not one of them. Left alone it makes an even, rounded, reasonably compact bush, so a shaded bed planted with it stays looking deliberate without an annual correction, and a low hedge is sheared to tidy the face rather than to fight the habit. That makes it the sensible pick for a garden that will not get much attention, or for a site where structure is wanted without a maintenance schedule attached. Temperate and subtropical districts both suit it, and it copes with the drier inland end of that range better than most. Part shade still gives the cleanest flowers, with morning sun and protection from hot westerly exposure. Soil acidic, free draining and rich in organic matter, with the root ball set slightly proud of the surrounding level and mulch spread over the root zone but held off the trunk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFertiliser burn on shallow roots\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeeding is the part that surprises people on camellias. The roots are fine and they run in the top 100mm to 150mm of soil, directly beneath the mulch, which is exactly where a scattered handful of general purpose or lawn fertiliser lands. On a dry root zone the salts pull water out of those roots and kill them, and the plant shows it weeks later as scorched leaf margins and sudden leaf drop, long after anyone would connect the two events. Three rules cover it. Use a fertiliser formulated for camellias and azaleas rather than a general purpose or lawn product, which will be too high in nitrogen and often alkaline in reaction. Water the ground before you apply it, not only after. And keep lawn feed off the hedge line entirely, because a spreader run along a boundary throws further into the bed than people expect. In pots, half strength onto damp mix.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBetween Jennifer Susan and Plantation Pink\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/camellia-sasanqua-jennifer-susan\"\u003eJennifer Susan\u003c\/a\u003e covers similar pink ground but on soft arching wood that wants tying in and suffers on an exposed western boundary. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/camellia-sasanqua-plantation-pink\"\u003ePlantation Pink\u003c\/a\u003e is the single flowered screening plant, firmer in the frame than either of the others. Rose Ann sits between them: more self supporting than Jennifer Susan, less assertive in the landscape than Plantation Pink, and grown here from small stock through to larger pots so a run can start at whatever grade the site needs. Take it for a mid sized hedge, or for a shaded bed where the plant is expected to behave itself. The rest of the group is in the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/camellias\"\u003ecamellia range\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eShearing, and why deadheading is not needed\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eShear as soon as flowering finishes and not later in the year, because sasanquas set the coming season's buds on growth made in spring and summer, and a summer trim is the usual reason a hedge stops flowering. Light and regular beats one hard annual cut on a plant that is already dense, and on a free standing shrub a shear is often unnecessary altogether, since taking out the occasional shoot that has broken the outline keeps it looking right. Deadheading is not required, because the petals shatter and fall on their own, but they land in a layer under the plant and they are slippery, so sweep a path or a step below a planting. Feeding follows the rules above: twice a year, the right product, and never onto a dry root zone. Keep the mulch topped up with a clear ring at the trunk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 6 sizes, from 70mm up to 400mm, priced from $16.95 to $289.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"250mm","offer_id":64311453319537,"sku":null,"price":96.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"70mm","offer_id":64311453352305,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64311453385073,"sku":null,"price":109.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"180mm","offer_id":64311453417841,"sku":null,"price":31.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64311453450609,"sku":null,"price":289.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64311453483377,"sku":null,"price":31.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/pd-208-rose-ann-camellia-camellia-sasanqua-rose-a_5149dbce-d90c-4418-945a-73cbd6b66f2c.png?v=1785551878"},{"product_id":"camellia-sasanqua-plantation-pink","title":"Sasanqua Camellia - Camellia sasanqua Plantation Pink","description":"\u003cp\u003ePlantation Pink is the sasanqua people reach for when the plant has to work as structure. The flowers are single, an open mid pink around a boss of gold stamens, lightly scented and carried in quantity through autumn, and the petals drop cleanly instead of browning on the bush. Foliage is small, dark and glossy year round with bronze tinted new growth, and the habit is upright and firm for a sasanqua, taking clipping without sulking. A boundary hedge, a wall espalier or a screen is where it goes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe scent is worth siting for\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost camellias have no useful scent and this one has a little, which is a reason to think about placement rather than only about coverage. It is light and carries a short distance, so it is worth having near a door, along a path, beside a seat, or under a window that gets opened, and it is wasted on a back boundary where nobody stands in autumn. The clean petal drop points the same way, since this is a plant that can sit over paving without making work, which is not true of the japonicas in this range. It grows across temperate and subtropical gardens from the coast to the tablelands and is among the more adaptable sasanquas once the soil is right. Part shade with shelter from hot afternoon sun keeps the flowers clean, and plants set 700mm to a metre apart close over into a screen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHot masonry is the trap\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause it espaliers so readily, this cultivar ends up tied to walls, and the specific risk is a hot one. A north or west facing brick or rendered wall absorbs heat all afternoon and keeps radiating it into the evening, while the strip of soil at the footing dries faster than any sprinkler keeps up, partly because the wall sheds rain away from it as well. The plant scorches on the wall side, drops its buds and thins from the bottom, while an identical plant three metres out in the open bed does fine. Train it on a shaded or eastern wall instead. Hold the framework 50mm or so clear of the surface on battens so air moves behind it, and water the footing deeply and infrequently rather than lightly and often. Lime leaching out of the mortar in that same strip is worth checking before you plant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAmong the pink sasanquas\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/camellia-sasanqua-exquisite\"\u003eExquisite\u003c\/a\u003e is the paler, more openly branched single pink, and it suits a path or a pot better than a boundary. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/camellia-sasanqua-jennifer-susan\"\u003eJennifer Susan\u003c\/a\u003e gives a double flower on softer arching wood that needs shelter from dry wind. Plantation Pink is firmer in the frame than either of them and the one that holds a long clipped face without going bare at the base, which is why it turns up on so many shaded boundaries. It is grown here through the full run of grades to \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/advanced-trees\"\u003eadvanced trees\u003c\/a\u003e, so a screen can start close to finished height.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTwo light cuts, not one hard one\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCut the hedge back in the weeks after the last flowers fall and treat that as the window. Buds for the coming autumn form on spring and summer growth, so a hedge sheared in January is a green wall for a year. Two light passes in the months following flowering build a denser face than one hard annual cut, and they stop the plant making the long unbranched wood that leaves gaps in a line. Check the base of an older hedge for bare stems: light regular clipping prevents that, and once it has happened a hard cut is slow to repair it. On an espalier, put the feed out from the wall where the roots actually run rather than tight against the footing, using a camellia and azalea product twice a year. Top the mulch up annually and leave a clear ring at each stem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 12 sizes, from 70mm up to 150L, priced from $16.95 to $1199.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64311464001905,"sku":null,"price":99.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45L","offer_id":64311464034673,"sku":null,"price":259.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"70mm","offer_id":64311464067441,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"500mm","offer_id":64311464100209,"sku":null,"price":589.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64311464132977,"sku":null,"price":39.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100L","offer_id":64311464165745,"sku":null,"price":899.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64311464198513,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64311464231281,"sku":null,"price":319.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"150L","offer_id":64311464264049,"sku":null,"price":1199.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250mm","offer_id":64311464296817,"sku":null,"price":83.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"330mm","offer_id":64311464329585,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"150mm","offer_id":64311464362353,"sku":null,"price":21.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/plantdrop-plantation-pink-camellia-camellia-sasanqua-plantation-pink-20260611_3830c690-80b6-4da0-8612-ce69f1fefb1f.png?v=1785551913"},{"product_id":"camellia-japonica-cm-hovey","title":"Japanese Camellia - Camellia japonica CM Hovey","description":"\u003cp\u003eC.M. Hovey is one of the old dark reds, a nineteenth century Camellia japonica still grown here for its formal double blooms: deep crimson, petals laid in tight even rows, opening through the middle and later part of the camellia season. The plant behind them is upright and densely twiggy, slow to moderate in growth, clothed in thick glossy deep green leaves. That density is why it is used as a clipped hedge on the shaded side of a house, and as a long lived tub plant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat a heritage japonica needs\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart shade is the requirement, and the detail matters: shelter from hot afternoon sun, and also from early morning sun striking buds that have frosted overnight, which browns the flowers before they open. Soil should be acidic, free draining and full of organic matter, with a permanent mulch of leaf litter or composted bark kept off the trunk. Water is moderate year round, and particularly through summer and autumn while next season's buds are filling. In a tub, use a camellia or azalea mix rather than a standard potting mix, and choose a container deep enough that the root ball does not cook on a paved surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe failure that kills more camellias than any pest is planting depth. Set the top of the root ball at or slightly above the finished soil level, never below it, and never let mulch or soil creep up over the graft or the base of the trunk. A camellia buried a few centimetres too deep does not die quickly. It sits, makes small pale leaves, flowers poorly and declines over several years while the owner adds more fertiliser.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHovey next to the other reds\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree reds sit together here. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/camellia-japonica-roger-hall\"\u003eRoger Hall\u003c\/a\u003e is the compact one, better proportioned to a pot by a doorway. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/camellia-japonica-emperor-of-russia-variegated\"\u003eEmperor of Russia Variegated\u003c\/a\u003e carries an anemone form bloom irregularly flecked with white, so no two flowers match. Hovey is the choice when you want the geometry: formal, symmetrical, uniform crimson, on a plant with enough substance to clip into a hedge rather than sit in a container. Buyers after a late season red for cutting should take Hovey, since formal doubles hold their shape in a vase better than looser forms do. Buyers who want variation in the flower should take Emperor of Russia. The rest of the range is in the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/camellias\"\u003ecamellia collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePruning to the season, not the calendar\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrune as soon as the last blooms drop and before the plant starts into spring growth, because buds for next winter are set on that new wood through summer. Hedged plants can be cut back reasonably hard at that moment. Specimen plants usually need no more than thinning of crossing branches and shortening of any shoot that has broken the outline. If you want fewer, larger blooms, rub off the smaller side buds in autumn and leave one to a cluster. Feed straight after pruning with a camellia and azalea fertiliser, water deeply and refresh the mulch. Avoid late summer feeding, which pushes soft growth at the expense of bud set.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 70mm up to 200mm, priced from $16.95 to $38.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These are younger plants, priced for planting in quantity, and they establish quickly once in the ground. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64311464395121,"sku":null,"price":38.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"70mm","offer_id":64311464427889,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/plantdrop-cm-hovey-camellia-camellia-japonica-cm-hovey-20260611_fbc63955-810c-48e1-8c91-ff34c58922a2.png?v=1785551914"},{"product_id":"camellia-japonica","title":"Japanese Camellia - Camellia japonica","description":"\u003cp\u003eJaponica or sasanqua? The short answer is sasanqua for sun and tight clipped hedging, japonica for shade and flower size. This is the japonica: larger, thicker, glossier leaves, a slower and looser frame, and blooms that are considerably bigger and open later in the season than anything the sasanquas produce.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt wants dappled or morning light, an acidic humus rich soil that still drains, and a cool root run under mulch. Two mistakes account for most of the failures we hear about, planting too deep and letting the root ball dry out in the first few summers. Do not cultivate around the base either, since the feeder roots sit very close to the surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn humid coastal gardens camellia petal blight browns the flowers from the centre out. Rake up fallen blooms and bin them rather than composting, and keep sprinklers off the flowers. Specimens up to 1000L are listed where a garden needs a mature shrub from day one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 7 sizes, from 200mm up to 1000L, priced from $41.95 to $14859.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"250mm","offer_id":64311468392817,"sku":null,"price":92.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200L","offer_id":64311468425585,"sku":null,"price":1529.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"500L","offer_id":64311468458353,"sku":null,"price":12769.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1000L","offer_id":64311468491121,"sku":null,"price":9899.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"750L","offer_id":64311468523889,"sku":null,"price":14859.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400L","offer_id":64311468556657,"sku":null,"price":2089.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64311468589425,"sku":null,"price":41.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/1KuLhHWlWbBtn3OCkLyYH_6cumJqLT.jpg?v=1787629721"},{"product_id":"camellia-japonica-nuccios-jewel","title":"Japanese Camellia - Camellia japonica Nuccios Jewel","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe flower is what sells this one. Nuccio's Jewel, raised at the Nuccio family nursery in California, opens a full peony to formal double bloom, white through the centre and deepening to rose pink at the petal edges. It flowers mid to late in the camellia season rather than in the first rush, which is worth planning around. The bush is slow, compact and slightly spreading rather than upright, so it earns a large pot, a shaded courtyard bed or a low group under trees, and it does not earn a place in a hedge line.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe bloom and its timing\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLate flowering is the practical argument for this cultivar. Set among earlier japonicas it carries the shaded part of a garden through to the end of the season instead of adding to the peak, and one plant will still be opening when the rest have finished. Temperate and cool temperate gardens suit it, along with shaded courtyards in warmer coastal districts. Give it part shade with morning sun at most, an acidic free draining mix with plenty of organic matter, permanent mulch over the shallow roots, and moderate even water. Pale petals mark, so shelter from driving rain and from afternoon glare keeps the flower clean. High open shade cast by deciduous trees is close to ideal, since it delivers winter light and summer cover on exactly the schedule the plant wants. In a group planting, about a metre apart lets the spreading habit fill in without branches fighting each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhy the pot is the failure\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeople grow this cultivar in containers, and the trouble with containers is specific to camellias. A root ball that has once been allowed to dry shrinks away from the wall of the pot, and from then on every watering runs straight down the gap and out the drainage holes. The surface looks watered, the mix looks damp, the roots stay dry, and the buds set in late summer are dropped in autumn. The tell is water appearing at the base of the pot a second or two after the hose goes on. The fix is to stand the whole pot in a tub of water until the mix takes up moisture and stops bubbling, which can take an hour on a bad one, then keep it evenly damp from that point rather than letting it swing. Repot into a camellia and azalea mix before the root ball becomes a solid mat, and refresh the top few centimetres every couple of years so the surface does not turn water repellent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJewel against Desire\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/camellia-japonica-desire\"\u003eDesire\u003c\/a\u003e covers a similar white to pink gradient but as a strict formal double on a tidier, more upright plant, and it opens earlier. Nuccios Jewel is looser in the flower, later in the season, and wider and slower in the bush, which is exactly why it belongs in a pot or a feature bed instead of a clipped run. Among the sasanquas in the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/camellias\"\u003ecamellia range\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/camellia-sasanqua-jennifer-susan\"\u003eJennifer Susan\u003c\/a\u003e gives soft pink on arching wood months earlier if the display is wanted in autumn. Take this one for the bloom and the others for the structure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eVery little cutting\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt hardly needs the secateurs. Tip prune once flowering finishes to keep the frame branched, and lift any low growth lying on the mulch so air moves underneath. Anything heavier has to happen in that same window, since the next season's buds sit on the growth that follows. Feed after flowering and again in late summer with a camellia and azalea fertiliser, at half strength in a container and always onto damp mix, because fertiliser landing on a dry root ball burns the fine roots outright. Pull spent blooms off as they brown and clear the fallen ones from underneath the plant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 4 sizes, from 70mm up to 300mm, priced from $16.95 to $129.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These are younger plants, priced for planting in quantity, and they establish quickly once in the ground. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64311470162289,"sku":null,"price":31.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"175mm","offer_id":64311470195057,"sku":null,"price":27.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"70mm","offer_id":64311470227825,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64311470260593,"sku":null,"price":129.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/plantdrop-nuccios-jewel-camellia-camellia-japonica-nuccios-jewel-20260611_66e94083-e582-40e1-bb1f-f42d9cd40809.png?v=1785551931"},{"product_id":"camellia-sasanqua-paradise-pearl","title":"Sasanqua Camellia - Camellia sasanqua Paradise Pearl","description":"\u003cp\u003eParadise Pearl belongs to the Paradise range raised on the New South Wales Central Coast, a group bred with Australian gardens and clipped screens in mind. The flowers are pale and pearl toned through autumn, but the reason people plant it is the frame underneath: small leaves, fine willing branching, and a dense response to being cut. It is a hedge and espalier plant before it is anything else, and it is offered in the smaller and mid grades that suit training a fence line from the beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe grades tell you the job\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is worth reading the pot sizes as a statement about the plant. This is stock you buy by the dozen rather than one of, and that matches the way it is meant to be used: planted small along a run, cut early and often, and built into a face over several seasons instead of delivered as one. Growth is slow to moderate, so density comes from branching, not from extension, and starting small is less the slow option than the option that produces a solid base. It suits temperate districts through to the warm subtropics and holds its leaves year round. Part shade with morning light is the position, and it is worth keeping off a hot western wall. Soil acidic, free draining and full of organic matter, mulched over the shallow roots, watered deeply and less often, never in daily sprinkles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTree roots on a boundary\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe trap with a fence line planting is competition, and it is why so many camellia hedges sit still. A boundary is usually where the established trees already are, and their root mat occupies the top 300mm of soil along the whole run. A camellia dropped into that in a hole the size of its pot gets neither water nor nutrients, so the plants stay the size they arrived at, never knit into a line, and the cultivar gets the blame. Cut a wide continuous trench and improve the whole of it, not a series of individual holes, put the hedge on its own irrigation line so it is not living on whatever the lawn sprinklers throw over the edge, and accept that the section running under a large tree will always want more water and more feed than the rest. Where the roots are too heavy to cut through, a raised bed along the fence beats fighting for the same soil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePearl beside Blush and Setsugekka\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/camellia-sasanqua-paradise-blush\"\u003eParadise Blush\u003c\/a\u003e is the sibling from the same breeding, carrying the pink flush at the petal edge and grown through to advanced grades for a screen that has to look established from the day it goes in. Paradise Pearl is the paler flower in the grades you buy when you intend to train the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/hedges\"\u003ehedge\u003c\/a\u003e yourself. For a white sasanqua with presence as a single plant rather than as a repeated unit, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/camellia-sasanqua-setsugekka\"\u003eSetsugekka\u003c\/a\u003e carries a larger, wavier bloom on a more open frame. Take Pearl for the run and Setsugekka for the feature, and note that the two Paradise selections match each other closely enough in leaf and clipping response that one run can be finished with the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBuilding a base that stays furnished\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCut as soon as flowering finishes and not afterwards, because next autumn's flowers sit on wood the plant makes in spring and summer, and a mid year tidy up quietly removes them. On a new hedge, start shaping in the first year instead of letting the plants run up and cutting them back later: side branching produced early is what makes a hedge solid at ground level, and a base that has gone bare is slow to refurnish. Set plants around 800mm apart for a clipped face, or a metre where the screen is allowed to thicken naturally. Lift the skirt of an established run slightly so air moves underneath it. Spread a camellia and azalea product along the full length of the improved trench, not in a ring around each plant, twice a year, so the roots competing with the tree line have something to grow into. Keep mulch topped up over the root zone and clear of the stems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 3 sizes, from 140mm up to 250mm, priced from $16.95 to $59.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These are younger plants, priced for planting in quantity, and they establish quickly once in the ground. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"140mm","offer_id":64311470326129,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64311470358897,"sku":null,"price":31.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250mm","offer_id":64311470391665,"sku":null,"price":59.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/plantdrop-paradise-pearl-camellia-camellia-sasanqua-paradise-pearl-20260611_c57a9aa4-6310-4ada-8f77-24668a6ddcc1.png?v=1785551933"},{"product_id":"camellia-japonica-man-size","title":"Japanese Camellia - Camellia japonica Man Size","description":"\u003cp\u003eDespite the name, Man Size is a miniature. The blooms are small white anemone form flowers with a tufted centre, held on a neat, densely branched bush with leaves noticeably smaller than a standard japonica's. That reduced scale is the whole point. It puts a camellia into a courtyard bed, a large pot beside a shaded door or a low clipped hedge along a path, where a full sized japonica would take over the space within a few seasons. Slow to moderate growth keeps it in proportion for years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eShelter matters more for a white camellia\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCulture is standard japonica: part shade with morning light, acidic and free draining soil built up with compost, a permanent mulch kept clear of the trunk and moderate water year round. It grows well through the cool and warm temperate zones and into the cooler subtropics, and the compact frame takes frost better than it takes heat. White flowers, though, need more shelter than coloured ones. Rain spotting, wind rub and any direct hot sun mark the petals brown, and once marked a bloom stays marked, so a position under high tree canopy, an eave or a pergola stretches the flowering season out considerably.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn containers, which is where most of these end up, the failure mode is drying out. A small root volume in a pot on a warm verandah can go dry in a day in late summer, exactly when next season's buds are filling, and the plant answers by dropping every bud in winter without opening one. Use a pot large enough to hold moisture, an ericaceous or camellia potting mix, and check the mix rather than the forecast.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eA miniature among full sized japonicas\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCompared with \u003ca href=\"\/products\/camellia-japonica-roger-hall\"\u003eRoger Hall\u003c\/a\u003e, a compact red with full sized blooms, this is smaller in every part: leaf, flower and frame. Roger Hall suits a large tub flanking an entry where the flowers are read from a distance. Man Size suits the small courtyard, the balcony pot and the low hedge where the whole plant is seen at arm's length, and the fine leaf takes clipping into a tighter face than a large leaved japonica ever will. Anyone wanting a heritage formal double for cutting should look at \u003ca href=\"\/products\/camellia-japonica-cm-hovey\"\u003eC.M. Hovey\u003c\/a\u003e instead, which builds a far bigger plant. The \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/camellias\"\u003ecamellia collection\u003c\/a\u003e holds the rest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTrimming a small camellia without losing flowers\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrim as soon as flowering finishes, shortening the tips to hold a rounded shape. On a miniature this is a light job with secateurs rather than shears, and taking a little each year keeps the interior twiggy and full. Feed after pruning with a camellia and azalea fertiliser at label rate, half rate and more often for potted plants, and refresh the top few centimetres of potting mix each spring. Repot every second or third year before the root ball goes solid. Sweep fallen white flowers off the ground to slow petal blight. In a low hedge, clip the sides slightly narrower at the top so light still reaches the base.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 70mm up to 200mm, priced from $16.95 to $31.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These are younger plants, priced for planting in quantity, and they establish quickly once in the ground. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"70mm","offer_id":64311472652657,"sku":null,"price":16.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64311472685425,"sku":null,"price":31.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/plantdrop-man-size-camellia-camellia-japonica-man-size-20260611_6cf45fe8-b256-48ce-aede-76dcbb3969d4.png?v=1785551945"},{"product_id":"camellia-japonica-roger-hall","title":"Japanese Camellia - Camellia japonica Roger Hall","description":"\u003cp\u003eRoger Hall is a red flowered Camellia japonica with full, evenly arranged blooms on a compact, well behaved frame, which is why it turns up so often in a tub beside a shaded entry rather than at the back of a border. Growth is slow to moderate, so a plant stays in proportion to its container for years instead of months, and the foliage is thick, glossy and dark enough to look deliberate out of flower. It works as a low hedge or a shaded feature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContainer culture and open ground\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart shade, morning light, shelter from hot western sun. It handles cool and warm temperate gardens, and in the subtropics it should be kept out of afternoon sun altogether. In the ground it wants acidic soil with plenty of organic matter and drainage that actually works, mounded if the site is clay, mulched permanently and kept moist through summer and autumn while buds are filling. In a pot, use a camellia or azalea mix, choose a container wide enough to shade its own root mass, and water thoroughly rather than sprinkling daily. Rainwater suits potted plants better than hard tap water, which lifts the pH of the mix over time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe failure mode to watch on this one is scale. Camellias grown in still air, crowded against a wall or bunched in a group of pots pick up cushion scale on the undersides of the leaves, and the honeydew brings sooty mould that blackens the upper surfaces. It looks like a disease and is not. Improve air movement, thin the interior so light and air reach through the bush, and treat with horticultural oil on both sides of the foliage, repeating as the label directs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRoger Hall compared with the older reds\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgainst \u003ca href=\"\/products\/camellia-japonica-cm-hovey\"\u003eC.M. Hovey\u003c\/a\u003e, a nineteenth century formal double, this is the smaller and tidier plant and the easier one to keep in a container long term. Hovey is the one to plant if you want a hedge or a large specimen and a strictly geometric bloom. Against \u003ca href=\"\/products\/camellia-japonica-man-size\"\u003eMan Size\u003c\/a\u003e, the difference is scale: Man Size is a white miniature for tight courtyards, while Roger Hall gives full sized red flowers that carry across a garden and hold up better to a passing shower. Choose on the space you have before you choose on the flower. More in the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/camellias\"\u003ecamellia collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFeeding a camellia in a pot\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrune only lightly, and straight after the last blooms fade, taking off spent flower wood and any shoot that has broken the outline. Feed then with a camellia and azalea fertiliser, at half strength and more frequently for potted plants, and follow with a second light application in early summer. Topdress containers each spring by replacing the top few centimetres of mix, and repot into fresh mix every second or third year before the root ball becomes solid. Water potted plants through autumn even after the weather cools, and never leave a container standing in a full saucer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 2 sizes, from 200mm up to 300mm, priced from $40.95 to $149.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These mid-range sizes balance establishment speed against immediate presence, and they are the usual choice for general garden planting. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64311476289905,"sku":null,"price":40.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64311476322673,"sku":null,"price":149.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/plantdrop-roger-hall-camellia-camellia-japonica-roger-hall-20260611_1c351098-b13d-4564-ac72-c4142389ff79.png?v=1785551958"},{"product_id":"camellia-japonica-black-tie","title":"Japanese Camellia - Camellia japonica Black Tie","description":"\u003cp\u003eBlack Tie sits at the formal end of the dark red japonicas. The blooms are small to medium and built in tight overlapping ranks, regular enough in outline to look machined, and deep enough in colour to read as near black where the light is low. The bush behind them is upright, dense and narrow in the shoulder, which is why it takes to a clipped hedge or a standard instead of sprawling the way looser reds do. It is a plant for a shaded courtyard, a narrow screen, or a position where somebody will stand close to the flower.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAspect decides the flower\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDark camellia petals absorb heat, and this is the cultivar where that matters most in practice. An afternoon of direct western sun turns the edge of an open bloom brown and papery within hours, and reflected glare off pale paving or a rendered wall does the same thing more slowly. The plant itself survives all of it. The flower does not, and a Black Tie in the wrong aspect never looks like the photograph that sold it. Plant it on the eastern or southern side of a wall, or under high open canopy, where it gets morning light and nothing after the middle of the day. The same rule applies to a container: a dark pot standing in afternoon sun cooks the root ball as surely as the sun marks the petals, so put the pot where the plant wants to be rather than where the paving happens to be empty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGrowing it narrow\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTemperate gardens across the southern states, the tablelands, and cooler elevated country behind the subtropical coast all suit it, with flowering running from winter into spring. Soil should be acidic and free draining, lifted with compost, mulched over the surface roots and never dug around. Water moderately and hold it steady through summer, because that is when the buds for the following winter are being made. The narrow habit is the reason to buy this one, so plant to suit it: 600mm to 700mm between plants gives a clipped line that closes over, while a metre lets each plant keep its own outline as a row of specimens. Do not crowd it tighter in the hope of a faster hedge, since slow to moderate growth plus a congested base produces a hedge that goes bare underneath and stays that way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBlack Tie or Great Eastern\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/camellia-japonica-great-eastern\"\u003eGreat Eastern\u003c\/a\u003e is the other red japonica here and the two are not substitutes. Great Eastern carries large loose blooms on a bush that builds real width, and it is the one for mass, height and a boundary. Black Tie is smaller in flower, tighter in form and much darker, and it holds a narrow clipped line that Great Eastern will not. Where the flower is doing the work beside a door, take Black Tie; where the job is covering a fence, take the other. For the same formal double construction in pink rather than red, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/camellia-japonica-desire\"\u003eDesire\u003c\/a\u003e is the match. Larger plants of this cultivar sit in the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/advanced-trees\"\u003eadvanced trees\u003c\/a\u003e grades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCutting and feeding a formal shape\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCut the moment the last flower goes over in spring, not a fortnight later. The following winter's buds sit on the growth that comes after that cut, so a summer or autumn tidy up removes them and the plant gets written off as shy flowering when the secateurs were the problem. Shorten leggy shoots back into the frame, thin the middle if it has closed up, and keep an established hedge on light clips. Japonica blooms hang on the bush and brown rather than shattering, so pull the spent ones off by hand as they go over; on a plant this formal, that single habit does more for the look than anything else on the list. A camellia and azalea food goes down behind the cut, and a second dose as the buds form, both watered in rather than left as granules sitting on dry mulch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 6 sizes, from 180mm up to 45L, priced from $36.95 to $259.00 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. The smaller pots hold younger plants that cost less each and establish quickly, which suits hedges, screens and mass planting where the plant count adds up. The larger sizes carry several more years of growth on the farm and give height and presence straight away, which is what you want for a single feature position or a screen that cannot wait. Not sure which to choose? Read our guide to \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/camellia-hedges-and-winter-flowers\"\u003ecamellia hedges and winter flowers\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Drop","offers":[{"title":"250mm","offer_id":64311477207409,"sku":null,"price":96.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300mm","offer_id":64311477240177,"sku":null,"price":139.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"180mm","offer_id":64311477272945,"sku":null,"price":36.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45L","offer_id":64311477305713,"sku":null,"price":229.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200mm","offer_id":64311477338481,"sku":null,"price":38.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400mm","offer_id":64311477371249,"sku":null,"price":259.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1017\/1049\/6113\/files\/plantdrop-black-tie-camellia-camellia-japonica-black-tie-20260611_c5b610f3-b5e2-45eb-aafd-1a9a308a05e1.png?v=1785551963"},{"product_id":"camellia-sasanqua-beatrice-emily","title":"Sasanqua Camellia - Camellia sasanqua Beatrice Emily","description":"\u003cp\u003eBeatrice Emily has stayed in production for decades on the strength of one thing: a full formal white bloom with the outer petals washed lavender to soft purple. Nothing else in this range carries that colour. It opens through autumn, when a shaded border has little else working, on an upright and reasonably dense frame that clips into a hedge, trains flat against a fence or a wall, and holds a narrow line beside a path without demanding much ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe lavender wash, and where it holds\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe colour is the reason to plant it, so treat the position as a colour decision rather than a survival one. Sasanquas cope with brighter conditions than the japonicas, and this cultivar will grow in more sun than it flowers well in. The published culture note is part shade, and part shade is where the lavender wash stays lavender instead of bleaching towards plain white by the second day a bloom is open. Morning light with cover from hot afternoon sun is the position, from coastal gardens through to the tablelands in temperate and subtropical districts. It is also the pale sasanqua worth training flat on a wall, because the wash reads at close range and is largely thrown away when the plant is a hedge face seen from across a lawn. Water moderately and keep it up through a dry autumn while the buds are forming, since a thirsty plant simply sheds them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWet feet, and planting on a mound\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat kills sasanquas in this country is not cold, it is drainage. Heavy clay that stays sodden for days after rain rots the fine surface roots, and so does the more common version of the same mistake: a hole dug into clay and backfilled with light potting mix, which fills and holds water like a bathtub with the plant sitting in it. The bush goes dull, then yellow, then bare from the base upward, over a couple of seasons. On clay, do not plant into a pit at all. Improve the whole bed or run with compost and coarse organic matter, then raise it, and set the root ball on a low mound with the top of it standing above the surrounding level so water sheds away instead of collecting. Mulch over the mound, keep it off the stem, and resist the habit of building a watering basin around the trunk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe pale sasanquas compared\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/camellia-sasanqua-pure-silk\"\u003ePure Silk\u003c\/a\u003e is white with a pink flush and is grown here into large grades for buying a hedge by the run, while \u003ca href=\"\/products\/camellia-sasanqua-setsugekka\"\u003eSetsugekka\u003c\/a\u003e is a bigger, wavier white on a more open frame that suits a specimen. Beatrice Emily is the one carrying lavender in the petal, and it is offered in the smaller and mid grades, which points it at a run you intend to train from the start rather than one that has to look settled on the day it goes in. Choose it when the flower colour is the reason for the plant and you have the seasons to grow the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/hedges\"\u003ehedge\u003c\/a\u003e on yourself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGrowing the hedge on yourself\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCut once the autumn flowering has finished, any time from early winter through to the start of spring growth, and not after that. Sasanquas carry their buds on wood made the previous spring and summer, so a hedge sheared in December is a hedge with next autumn's flowers on the ground. Start shaping in the first year rather than letting plants run up and correcting later, because the side branching produced by early light clipping is what makes the base of a hedge solid, and a bare base is slow to repair. Small frequent clips build density better than one hard annual cut. Feed straight after the cut with a camellia and azalea fertiliser, water it through, and give a second application in late summer as the buds swell. Potted plants take the same food at half strength, always onto damp mix.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 class=\"pd-size-guidance\"\u003eChoosing a size\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant is available in 3 sizes, from 70mm up to 200mm, priced from $16.95 to $38.95 per plant. The size shown is the pot the plant arrives in, which is the rootball, not the height of the plant. These are younger plants, priced for planting in quantity, and they establish quickly once in the ground. Not sure which to choose? 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