This is a great time of year to add camellias to your landscape. This traditional Southern heirloom plant helps to define gardens here in the Gulf Coastal South. Unlike most hardy trees and shrubs, ...

To many a gardener, a camellia is a camellia is a camellia. Not so. There are three general groups of camellias — japonicas, reticulatas and sasanquas. Japonica hybrids are by far the most common and ...

Camellias are almost indispensable in the Southern landscape. Now is an excellent time to purchase and plant blooming camellias. The advantage of buying a camellia in bloom is that you can see exactly ...

Whether you say ca-mee-lia or ca-mell-ia, camellias have been so long associated with Southern gardens that you might think they’re natives. The camellia even has been selected as the state flower of ...

Originally from Asia, this perennial blooms with gorgeous flowers in shades of white, red, or pink as a long-lasting ...

How appalling camellias can be, misshapen blocks of foliage infested with hundreds of buds that barely start opening before turning ugly shades of brown. "The awful pink one," Anna, a gardening friend ...

Camellias are a winning choice for home landscaping. They are easy to maintain and fill an often difficult niche of shade close to the house and under the eaves of the roof. They are also a perfect ...

It can be difficult to find appealing color in outdoor landscapes during the cold winter months. Here in the South, we are fortunate to have the camellia. This evergreen shrub is a native of Japan and ...

As we head into winter, our gardens are not as colorful as they are from spring through fall, so anything with color stands out. But one plant that can make your garden really "pop" is the camellia.