Curly Lady Camellia Japonica – 1 Gallon Pot

Living up to her name and sure to be a conversation piece in the garden, ‘Curly Lady’ features unusual contorting and twisting branches and stems similar to those of contorted filbert (Harry Lauder Walking Stick). But the curly branches aren’t the only appeal. A late blooming Camellia japonica, she produces abundant, large, peony-like flowers from early to mid spring, late March through April in our north-central Georgia gardens. Large and shiny dark green evergreen leaves are attractive year round. Easy to grow and long-lived, Curly Lady will grow 8 to 12 feet tall and 6 or so feet wide at maturity, depending on pruning. That said, we don’t suggest pruning this one unless you want to remove lower branches to form a small tree or snip a couple stems for display in a vase.