Overview

Introduce timeless elegance to your landscape with the EG Waterhouse Pink Camellia live plant. This exceptional evergreen shrub is renowned for its prolific and long-lasting bloom period, gracing gardens with exquisite pink flowers from mid-winter through mid-spring. As a pink camellia shrub, it stands out with its perfectly formed, formal double blossoms that captivate with their delicate true pink petals. The glossy, dark green foliage provides a beautiful contrast, making the flowers pop even more. Growing in a 4-inch pot, this young camellia is ready to establish itself in your garden, offering years of stunning floral displays. Its adaptability allows it to be grown as a large shrub or even trained into a small tree, making it a versatile choice for various garden designs.

The ‘E.G. Waterhouse’ variety is a Williamsii Hybrid, celebrated for its robust growth and abundant flowering. This evergreen flowering shrub adds year-round structure and vibrant color when many other plants are dormant. Whether you’re a seasoned gardener or just starting, this camellia offers a rewarding growing experience, transforming your outdoor space into a haven of beauty. Its resilience to certain environmental factors and relatively low maintenance make it a popular choice for enhancing landscape borders, creating hedges, or serving as a striking specimen plant.

Key Benefits

The EG Waterhouse Pink Camellia live plant offers numerous advantages for any garden enthusiast:

• Extended Bloom Season: Enjoy a spectacular display of pink flowers from mid-winter to mid-spring, providing color when most other plants are dormant. This long flowering period makes it a standout choice.
• Stunning Formal Double Flowers: The perfectly formed, 4-inch true pink blossoms are a visual delight, adding a touch of sophistication to your garden or as cut flowers in a vase.
• Evergreen Foliage: Its glossy, dark green leaves provide year-round interest and a lush backdrop for the beautiful blooms, ensuring your garden always looks vibrant. This makes it an excellent evergreen flowering shrub.
• Versatile Landscape Use: Can be grown as a large shrub, small tree, hedge, or specimen plant, fitting various garden designs and spaces. It’s also suitable for container growing in colder zones.
• Low Maintenance: Once established, this pink camellia shrub requires minimal care, making it an ideal choice for gardeners seeking beauty without excessive effort.
• Deer Resistance: Offers a degree of resistance to deer, a valuable trait for gardens in areas prone to deer browsing.
• Heat and Humidity Tolerant: Demonstrates good resistance to heat and humidity, thriving in various climates within its hardiness zones.

Plant Care & Growing Tips

Caring for your EG Waterhouse Pink Camellia live plant is straightforward, ensuring a healthy and vibrant display for years to come. This camellia thrives in USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 7a-9b. For optimal growth and flowering, it prefers morning sun with afternoon shade or all-day filtered sun. Direct afternoon sun, especially in warmer climates, can scorch the leaves and stress the plant. Proper light exposure is crucial for the development of its exquisite formal double camellia blooms. When positioning your plant, consider areas under taller trees or on the north or east side of your home.

Watering needs are average; keep the soil consistently moist but not waterlogged. Once established, its water requirements decrease, showing some drought resistance. The key is well-drained soil to prevent root rot. This camellia is adaptable to various soil types including amended clay, loam, sand (amended), and silt, as long as drainage is good. It prefers an acidic soil pH between 5.0 and 6.5. Fertilize in late winter or early spring with a slow-release, acid-forming fertilizer formulated for camellias or other acid-loving plants. For a comprehensive understanding of its needs, consulting a detailed camellia care guide can be very helpful.

Pruning is generally minimal, focused on shaping the plant and removing any dead or diseased branches after the flowering period. For those living above USDA Zone 7a, the plant can be grown in containers and brought indoors during winter to protect it from harsh freezes, as it is not reliably winter hardy in colder temperatures. Avoid constantly soggy soil, as this is an intolerance for the plant. With proper care, your evergreen flowering shrub will flourish, providing a spectacular show of pink flowers season after season.

Size & Details

The EG Waterhouse Pink Camellia live plant is presented in a 4-inch pot, ready for planting in your garden or a larger container. At maturity, this stunning pink camellia shrub can reach an impressive height of 9 to 12 feet, depending on pruning practices, and spread 6 to 9 feet wide. Its growth rate is moderate, allowing you to enjoy its beauty as it gradually fills its space. The plant’s mature size makes it an excellent choice for creating a privacy hedge, a striking specimen, or a background plant in a mixed border. For a solid hedge, space plants 6-7 feet apart; for more space between individual plants, allow 11-12 feet or more. The 4-inch formal double pink flowers add significant visual impact, making this a highly desirable addition to any landscape. This camellia is shipped as a rooted plant in its nursery pot, ensuring a healthy start in its new environment. With proper attention to the camellia care guide, you can expect this plant to thrive and mature beautifully.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Q: How big does this plant get and what size pot does it come in? A: The EG Waterhouse Pink Camellia live plant comes in a 4-inch nursery pot. At maturity, it can grow 9-12 feet tall and 6-9 feet wide, depending on pruning and growing conditions, making it a substantial evergreen flowering shrub.
• Q: Is this an indoor or outdoor plant, and how much sunlight does it need? A: This camellia is primarily an outdoor plant suitable for USDA Zones 7a-9b. It thrives best in morning sun with afternoon shade or all-day filtered sun. It can be grown indoors in containers in colder climates if brought inside during winter.
• Q: Is this plant easy to care for? Is it good for beginners? A: Yes, once established, the EG Waterhouse Camellia is considered low maintenance. It’s a good choice for beginners who can provide the right soil, light, and watering conditions as outlined in a good camellia care guide.
• Q: What condition will it arrive in? Is it shipped in soil? A: Your EG Waterhouse Pink Camellia live plant will arrive as a healthy, rooted plant in its nursery pot with soil, carefully packaged to ensure its safe journey.
• Q: When is the best time to plant this camellia? A: The optimal time for planting most camellias is in mid to late spring after the danger of hard frost has passed. Summer and early fall are also suitable, provided the plant receives adequate water during hotter, drier periods.
• Q: Will this pink camellia shrub survive winter in my zone? What’s the minimum temperature it can tolerate? A: This camellia is hardy in USDA Zones 7a-9b. It may not reliably survive winters above Zone 7a without protection. It can tolerate temperatures down to approximately 0-5°F (-18 to -15°C) within its hardiness range.
• Q: Are the flowers fragrant? A: No, the formal double camellia flowers of the EG Waterhouse variety are not noted for being fragrant. Their appeal lies in their exquisite form, color, and abundant display.
• Q: Does this camellia attract any beneficial wildlife? A: While not specifically noted for attracting pollinators, its vibrant pink flowers provide significant visual attention in any garden setting.
• Q: What type of soil does this camellia prefer? A: It prefers well-drained, moist soil with an acidic pH between 5.0 and 6.5. It can adapt to amended clay, loam, sand, and silt.
• Q: How often should I water my new EG Waterhouse Pink Camellia? A: Keep the soil consistently moist, especially for newly planted camellias. Once established, water needs are average, and it can tolerate some drought, but avoid constantly soggy soil.