Please make sure JavaScript is enabled.
 
Camellia Christmas Beauty in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Camellia japonica 'Christmas Beauty'

 

Camellia 'Christmas Beauty'

Camellia are evergreen shrubs which can be spreading or upright with shiny deep green leaves bearing lovely single or double white, pink, red or even bi-coloured flowers from late winter to mid spring. 'Christmas Beauty' bears cerise-red semi-double, velvety-looking flowers that have contrasting gold sepals from late Autumn to late Winter, or even later

Contributed by @tina

 
plant Features
  • Camellia Christmas Beauty likes partial shade

    Partial shade

  • Camellia Christmas Beauty likes very little water

    Very little water

  • Camellia Christmas Beauty is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Camellia Christmas Beauty likes free draining

    Free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Camellia 'Christmas Beauty'

Latin name

Camellia japonica 'Christmas Beauty'

type

Evergreen Shrub

family

Theaceae

ph

4.5 - 6.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Camellia Christmas Beauty likes partial shade

    Partial shade

  • Frost

    Camellia Christmas Beauty is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Soil

    Camellia Christmas Beauty likes free draining

    Free draining

  • Water

    Camellia Christmas Beauty likes very little water

    Very little water

Plant & bloom calendar

  •  
    Best time to plant
  •  
    When the plant will bloom

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Camellia Christmas Beauty is 2.50meters x 4.50meters 2.50 M 4.50 M

Camellia japonica 'Christmas Beauty'

Camellia are evergreen shrubs which can be spreading or upright with shiny deep green leaves bearing lovely single or double white, pink, red or even bi-coloured flowers from late winter to mid spring. 'Christmas Beauty' bears cerise-red semi-double, velvety-looking flowers that have contrasting gold sepals from late Autumn to late Winter, or even later


Planting Outdoors

From Late Autumn TO Early Spring

Plant container grown plants in late autumn or early spring. If growing in a container use ericaceous compost.

 

Propagation by cuttings

From Mid Summer TO Early Autumn

Semi hard wood cuttings are taken from the current years growth from late summer to mid autumn the bottom of the cuttings is hard and soft on the top. With a sharp knife take a cutting of about 14cms, remove lowest leaves, dip end into rooting hormone, and place round the edge of a pot filled with a suitable compost, water well, they must remain moist till rooted, place under glass but in semi shade.

 

Propagation by seed

From Mid Spring TO Early Summer

Sometimes seed pods will form after flowering and they can be dried and planted under glass in ericaceous compost

 

Flowering Season

From Late Winter TO Mid Spring

Lovely single or double white, pink, red or even bi-coloured flowers from late winter to early spring.

 
Subscribe to GardenTags Premium to get personalised planting tasks and more for your entire plant collection
 
Gardeners who are growing this plant