Camellia Japonica Dr King - 10 X Plants in 2 L Pot, Hedging Clearance Offer

This listing is for large, well established, healthy, three year old plants, that are second grade due to shape and/or lack of buds. They will quickly make up into first class plants once planted out or potted on and therefore represent excellent value for money!

Originally introduced from China and Japan this is the family of plants that tea is harvested from but sadly NOT this variety so please don't try (The tea plant is Camellia sinensis). Stunning large flowers are generally produced on mass in spring and are set in front of beautiful, large, glossy green foliage that lasts all year. Camellia japonica Dr King is a compact, very robust and striking variety that produces abundant rose red, semi double, waved flowers with distinct yellow stamens, from March to May. As the open flowers can be damaged by early sun on frost, it is best to plant in a location sheltered from one or both. They will grow remarkably well in quite heavy shade and make an excellent high quality hedge. If there are signs of chlorosis feed with a Rhododendron/Azalea tonic to lock up the free calcium that causes chlorosis in Ericaceous plants. This plant can be used in a mixed planting with other species or often other Camellias as a stand alone specimen in the garden or can easily be grown in a pot or other container. Use a good quality Ericaceous John Innes compost as this plant will be there a long time and peaty types of compost eventually degrade and become too packed and choke the roots. Ensure you feed regularly as a hungry plant is a poor performer. We recommend Osmoscote pro 8-9 month applied in the spring as the buds begin to break one application gives all the nutrients the plant requires for the whole year. John Innes is a soils based compost.

The plant in the middle of the image of three plants is a Dr. King