King’s Ransom Camellia Japonica
Camellia japonica ‘King’s Ransom’
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 7a-10b (6?) Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Evergreen Flowering Shrub
Species: Japonica (Winter, Spring blooming)
Height at Maturity: 8-12′
Width at Maturity: 6-8′
Spacing: 5′ for solid hedges; 12’+ for space between
Spacing: 5′ for solid hedges; 12’+ for space between
Flower Color: Soft Pink
Flower Size: Large, 3-4″
Flowering Period: Late Winter, Early Spring
Flower Type: Semi-Double to Double
Fragrant Flowers: No
Foliage Color: Dark Green
Fragrant Foliage: No
Berries: No
Berry Color: NA
Sun Needs: Morning Sun with Afternoon Shade or Filtered Sun, All Day Filtered Sun
Water Needs: Average, Lower when established
Soil Type: Clay (amended), Loam, Sand (amended), Silt
Soil Moisture / Drainage: Well Drained Moist
Soil pH: 5.0 – 6.5 (Acid)
Maintenance / Care: Low
Resistances: Deer, Drought (when established), Heat, Humidity
Intolerances: Direct Afternoon Sun, Constantly Soggy Soil
Attracts: Visual Attention
Description
Perfect for Peony lovers, King’s Ransom is a new and beautiful variety that produces abundant solitary and clumped batches peony-like, soft-pink blooms against a background of luscious dark green evergreen leaves. With its upright growing habit, it is perfect for that space between two trees you’ve been wanting to fill, or as a solitary landscape specimen that will add a pop of color in winter to mid spring. The evergreen foliage stays all year so you can use this to build a hedge for privacy year-round, or just to have some extra greenery in your garden.
Landscape & Garden Uses
With an upright habit of growth to about 8 to 12 feet tall and to 6 to 8 feet wide, the King’s Ransom Camellia Japonica can be grown as a shrub or small tree. As a shrub it is ideal for use as a specimen, in groupings, or as a hedge or background plant in landscape borders and is especially nice as a corner plant or espalier (trained to grow flat against a wall) in home foundation plantings. As your camellia grows taller, lower branches can be removed to form a highly attractive small evergreen tree that serves well as a colorful focal point specimen in landscape borders and home foundation plantings. A fine addition to camellia gardens, white or pink theme gardens, Asian gardens, cottage gardens, cut flower gardens and woodland borders. Also suitable for containers that can be brought indoors during winter by those who garden above USDA Zone 7a, where this variety is not reliably winter hardy. Find Your Zone
Spacing: 5 feet apart for solid hedge; 12 feet apart for space between plants
Note: For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 7a, where this Camellia variety is not reliably winter hardy, you’ll be happy to know it can be grown in containers that can be brought indoors during winter and placed back outside when temperatures warm up in spring.
Growing Preferences
Camellias adapt well to various soil types however prefer a moist but well-drained acidic soil that is rich in organic matter. Constantly soggy soil is a slow killer. In general, Camellias grow and bloom better in partial shade with some shelter from the hot afternoon sun. Morning sun with afternoon shade or filtered sunlight is perfect. All-day filtered sun is fine.
Helpful Articles
Click on a link below to find helpful advice from our experts on how to plant, fertilize, prune and water Camellias…
Planting Camellias
Pruning Camellias
How To Fertilize & Water Camellias
How To Espalier Plants & Trees
*Espalier (pronounced: ih-spal-yay) …an ornamental shrub or tree that has been trained to grow flat against a wall, fence, or other vertical, flat surface.
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Great plant with several buds!———————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

















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