Greensboro Red Camellia

Glossy evergreen leaves and full, rose-red blooms that open in the quiet of winter, when almost nothing else in the garden dares to flower.

The Greensboro Red Camellia (Camellia japonica 'Greensboro Red') is a broadleaf evergreen shrub prized for its richly colored, formal-looking flowers and its handsome year-round presence. Each bloom is a deep, saturated red set against thick, lustrous dark-green foliage that stays dressed through every season. Flowering from winter into spring, it brings warmth and structure to the garden during the months when color is most welcome and hardest to find. Left to grow naturally it forms an upright, rounded shrub reaching 6 to 10 feet tall and 5 to 6 feet wide, making it equally at home as a specimen, a tall evergreen hedge, or the anchor of a shaded border.

Why growers choose the Greensboro Red

• Off-season color. Blooms from winter through spring, carrying the garden through the gray months when most shrubs are bare.
• Deep red, formal blooms. Saturated rose-red flowers stand out beautifully against the dark, glossy leaves.
• Evergreen all year. Thick, polished foliage provides structure, privacy, and a clean backdrop in every season, not just at bloom time.
• Reliable in mild-winter regions. Hardy in zones 7 to 10, it rewards patient gardeners with decades of bloom once established.
• Graceful, manageable habit. A moderate grower with an upright, rounded form that shapes easily into a specimen, screen, or border anchor.

Plant it where you will see it in winter: beside an entry, along a shaded foundation, as a living privacy screen, or woven into a woodland border under high tree canopy. The long-lasting flowers are also lovely floated in a shallow bowl, bringing a little of the cold-season garden indoors.