Anticipation Camellia
Camellia x williamsii ‘Anticipation’
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 7a-9b Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Evergreen Flowering Shrub
Species: Williamsii Hybrid
Height at Maturity: 8-12′ depending on pruning
Width at Maturity: 6-10′ depending on pruning
Spacing: 6′ for solid hedge; 16’+ for space between plants
Flower Color: Vibrant Pink
Flower Size: 6”
Flowering Period: Winter, Spring
Flower Type: Formal Double, peony form
Fragrant Flowers: No
Foliage Color: Dark Green
Fragrant Foliage: No
Berries: No
Berry Color: NA
Sun Needs: Morning Sun with Afternoon Shade or Filtered Sun, All Day Filtered Sun
Water Needs: Average, Lower when established
Soil Type: Clay (amended), Loam, Sand (amended), Silt
Soil Moisture / Drainage: Well Drained Moist
Soil pH: 5.0 – 6.5 (Acid)
Maintenance / Care: Low
Attracts: Visual Attention
Resistances: Deer, Drought (when established), Heat, Humidity
Intolerances: Direct Afternoon Sun, Constantly Soggy Soil
Description
An award winning Williamsii Hybrid, the ‘Anticipation’ Camellia displays extremely large and showy, fully double peony form flowers with vibrant rose-pink petals. Absolutely gorgeous blooms! A vigorous upright grower with lustrous dark green leaves that serve as the prefect backdrop to the flowers. This beauty can be grown as a large evergreen shrub, hedge or lower branches can be removed to form a highly attractive small tree up to 16 feet tall for use in partially shaded landscape borders or as an accent or to frame corners in home foundation plantings.
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing 8 to 12 feet tall and 6 to 10 feet wide depending on pruning, Anticipation Camellia can be grown as a large shrub or small tree. As a shrub, it is ideal for use as a specimen, in groupings or as a hedge or background plant in partially shaded landscape borders and is especially nice as a corner plant or espalier (trained to grow flat against a wall) in home foundation plantings. As this camellia grows taller lower branches can be removed to form a small evergreen tree that serves well as a highly attractive focal point specimen in landscape borders and home foundation plantings. A fine addition to camellia gardens, pink theme gardens, cottage gardens, and cut flower gardens.
Suggested Spacing: 6 feet apart for solid hedge; 16 feet or more apart for space between plants
Growing Preferences
Camellia adapt well to various soil types however prefer a moist but well-drained acidic soil that is rich in organic matter. Constantly soggy or wet soil is a slow killer. In general, Camellia grows and blooms better in partial shade with some shelter from the hot afternoon sun. Morning sun with afternoon shade or filtered sunlight is perfect. All-day filtered sun is fine.
Helpful Articles
Click on a link below to find helpful advice from our experts on how to plant and care for Camellias.
- Planting Camellias
- Pruning Camellias
- How To Fertilize & Water Camellias
- How To Espalier Plants & Trees
*Espalier (pronounced: ih-spal-yay) …an ornamental shrub or tree that has been trained to grow flat against a wall, fence, or other vertical, flat surface.
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