Botanical Name: Common Names:
Camellia hybrida Yume TBA
Native: Foliage Type:
No Evergreen
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
Hedging / Screening, Shrubs Shrub Like, Upright
Description:
Camellias are popular evergreen shrubs with small, glossy green foliage and showy flowers. Hybrids can tolerate a wide range of climates. These are long lived, tough and widely used for hedging, as feature plants and for topiary and espalier. Yume has beautiful small pink / white single fragrant flowers. Grows approx. 1.5m-2m tall.
Mature Height: Mature Width:
1-2m 1-2m
Position: Soil Type:
Semi Shade, Shade Loam, Well Drained
Landscape Use(s)
Borders / Shrubbery, Courtyard, Feature, Formal Garden, Fragrant Garden, Hedging / Screening, Mass Planting, Park And Gardens, Playgrounds, Shady Garden, Topiary / Espalier, Container / Pot, Under Trees
Pests & Diseases: Generally trouble free, Mites, Sooty Mould
Cultural Notes:
Plant Care
Annual slow release fertiliser, Keep moist during dry periods, Liquid feed, Mulch well
Family Name: Origin:
Theaceae Asia
Characteristics
Foliage Colour: Green
Flower Colour: Pink, White
Flower Fragrant: Yes
Flowering Season: Autumn
Fruit: Yes
Requirements Tolerances
Growth Rate: Slow
Maintenance Level: Low
Water Usage: Medium / Moderate
Drought: Medium / Moderate
Frost: Moderate
Wind: Medium / Moderate