camellia

Extend Your Camellia Season: Varieties for Continuous Blooms

· December 16, 2025
Red camellia flowers blooming on green foliage branch

Extend Your Camellia Season: Varieties for Continuous Blooms Hi there! I’m Helen Pritchard, and as a lifelong gardener in the Pacific Northwest, I’ve spent over two decades cultivating camellias. With more than 200 named cultivars under my belt — from sasanquas to japonicas and hybrids — I’ve learned a thing or two about how to … Read more

Camellia Bloom Times by Type: Sasanqua, Japonica, and More

· December 14, 2025
A stunning botanical garden scene showcasing three distinct camellia varieties in different stages of bloom across seasonal transitions. In the foreground, elegant Sasanqua camellias display their delicate, papery white and pink blossoms against dark green foliage, representing autumn flowering. The middle ground features robust Japonica camellias with their characteristic large, full red and deep pink blooms in various stages of opening, symbolizing winter to early spring flowering. The background shows additional camellia species with cream-colored and variegated petals in different bloom phases. The composition captures a natural progression through seasons with subtle lighting changes from golden autumn light filtering through some areas to cooler winter tones in others. Fallen petals carpet parts of the garden path, while unopened buds on various branches hint at future blooming cycles. The scene is photographed with shallow depth of field, creating an artistic botanical study that emphasizes the natural beauty and timing differences of each camellia type's flowering period.

Nearly every camellia grower I’ve talked to over the years operates on the same shorthand: “camellias bloom in winter.” It’s tidy, it’s memorable, and it’s wrong for at least two-thirds of the camellias you’re likely to plant. The truth is far messier and far more useful — this genus spans a flowering window that stretches … Read more