Spring Circus Camellia
Camellia x ‘Spring Circus’ (Hybrid)
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 6a-9b Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Evergreen Flowering Shrub
Species: Hybrid (Spring blooming)
Height at Maturity: 8-10′
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: Deep Pink with White borders, Pink, White
Flower Size: Large, 3-4″
Flowering Period: Early Spring to Mid Spring
Flower Type: Double, Peony Form
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 – more info, Drought (when established), Heat, Humidity
Intolerances: Direct Afternoon Sun, Constantly Soggy Soil
Attracts: Visual Attention
Description
What a circus of color you will have with this Camellia! The Spring Circus Camellia is known to have flowers varying in color from bicolor pink with white borders to stripes and blotches of pink on a white background, to solid pink or white – it almost feels like you’re at the circus and you don’t know what is coming next! Perfect for hedges for a multitude of colors or solitary in landscapes that need some extra flare in the springtime. The rest of the year, it’s beautifully evergreen foliage stays waiting for springtime when the circus comes back to town!
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing to about 8 to 10 feet tall and 5-8 feet wide, the Spring Circus Camellia can be grown as a shrub or small tree. As a shrub she is ideal for use as a specimen, in groupings or as 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 she grows taller lower branches can be removed to form a highly attractive and colorful small evergreen tree that serves well as a focal point specimen in landscape borders and home foundation plantings. A fine addition to camellia 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 6a, where this camellia variety is not reliably winter hardy. Find Your Zone
Spacing: 5 feet apart for a solid hedge; 14 feet or more apart for space between plants
Growing Preferences
Camellia 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, Camellia grows and blooms 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 and care for 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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As always, the plant arrived healthy and large. It was shipped promptly. I ONLY buy my camellia plants from Wilson Bros.————————————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
This plant arrived so lush with beautiful green shines foliage. My first purchase with Wilson Bros and I’ll be happy and confident to purchase again.——————————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
Order and shipping time was very prompt, the plant was very well packaged and in very good condition. I am extremely pleased that camellia has a very well established root system, filling out the entire 3 gal pot. I feel very confident that my purchase will thrive and will update if it blooms in the spring. 🙂 I will be buying from wilsonbros in the future.———————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
Beautiful plant. Arrived in great condition and has a few buds. Planted immediately and I’m looking forward to seeing blooms.————————We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the great review! Beth | WBG 🙂
The camelia was packaged well. When I took it out of the box I was very happy to see a full green plant. I will buy more from them.—————————————–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
My husband ordered this plant for me. Never ordered a plant online and was scared about doing so but took a chance cause I just had to have this certain type of Camilia a couldn’t find in my town but my husband happen to find this place on line that looked pretty decent and had good reviews and the pictures posted of the plants, flowers, and trees were just beautiful I told my husband to just push the order button and we’ll see what happens. I’m glad we took that chance. Although for me it took a bit for my plant to arrive, I did get worried it wasn’t going to come or it was going to be delivered damaged. To my surprise, I received my plant in perfect condition. It was wrap carefully and with love I might add and my Camilia plant was so green and just perfect like I had bought it in person in a nursery. I planted it and it’s thriving. Hasn’t died on me, still looks just like I received it.
Thanks Wilson Bros Gardens for taking the time in packaging my plant with care so I can receive it in one piece so I can enjoy it for many years to come.————————-Thanks so much for the great review! We are so glad you are pleased! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
Thanks Wilson Bros Gardens for taking the time in packaging my plant with care so I can receive it in one piece so I can enjoy it for many years to come.————————-Thanks so much for the great review! We are so glad you are pleased! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
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Bob & Destina Pike—————————————Thanks so much for your reviews. Let us know if there’s ever anything we can help you with. – Beth | WBG
We are on our 5th order with you now because of the quality of your product. And your fast and expert shipping! I judt can’t wait until a ghost cloud white Japanese elm come available to complete our Japanese zen garden we are working on! Thank you for providing us with the highest quality tree’s plant’s shrub’s bamboo ivy’s and grasses that are also exotic and hard to find especially in the quality you provide your customer’s!
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Bob & Destina Pike—————————————Thanks so much for your reviews. Let us know if there’s ever anything we can help you with. – Beth | WBG
Arrived in excellent condition. Healthiest plant I have ever seen! Not even a single leaf was bruised. Customer service is excellent. Recommend this nursery to everyone. I couldn’t get such a healthy plant in our best local nursery.
Looks in good shape. Can’t wait to see all the different colors in this.
I received a healthy, robust, well rooted and branched camellia plant. The packaging was awesome and prevented any damage to the plant during shipping. The camellia has been in the garden several weeks now and has acclimated and is putting out new growth. I highly recommend Wilson Bros Gardens! ——————— WBG Reply: Hi Connie – Thanks so much for your review of the Lady Vansittart Camellia and we hope you enjoy as much as we do the ones in our gardens for years to come. Glad to hear they’re all growing well and putting on new growth. Let us know if there’s ever anything else we can help you with. We’re at your service! – Brent | Wilson bros Gardens
Arrived healthy. It’s planted in the right place for some sun and some shade. I’m excited about it blooming this winter when not much else will so I can provide a good nectar plant for my pollinators. Can’t wait to see the different colors of blossoms! ——————- WBG Reply: Hi Sara – Thanks so much for your review of the Lady Vansittart Camellia. If it grows and flowers in your gardens like it does in ours you’re gonna love it! Do keep us posted as to how it does for you there in The Villages. My father and brother live in The Villages…I absolutely love it there! Let us know if there’s ever anything else we can do for you. We’re at your service. – Brent | Wilson Bros Gardens
Arrived in good shape. Doing well after a month. —————- WBG Reply: Hi Edward – Thanks for the review of the Lady Vansittart Camellia. Glad to hear it’s doing well after planting and hope you enjoy it for years to come. Hope you enjoy it for years to come. Let us know if there’s ever anything else we can help you with. – Brent | Wilson Bros Gardens
This plant shipped quickly and was very healthy, it is thriving in its location – can’t wait to see the blooms! ———————— WBG Reply: Hi Liz – Thanks so much for taking the time to provide your review of the Lady Vansittart Camellia, and for the compliments! We hope you enjoy this beautiful lady for years to come. Let us know if there’s ever anything else we can do for you. We’re at your service. – Brent | Wilson Bros Gardens
Nice size camellia, well packed, and once planted settled in immediately, and is flowering extremely well. Very pleased. ——————- WBG Reply: Hi Susan – Thanks so much for taking the time to provide your review. So happy to hear you got to see it bloom so quickly. With it’s mutli-color flowers, Lady Vansittart is definitely one of the best and most exciting of the C. japonicas…a beauty and a conversation piece. Hope you enjoy yours for years to come. Let us know if there’s ever anything we can help you with – we’re at your service! – Brent | Wilson Bros Gardens
Beautiful plant specimen. Arrived in wonderful condition. Well prepared for delivery and planting. ——————- WBG Reply: Thanks so much for your review. Let us know if there’s ever anything we can help you with. – Brent | Wilson Bros Gardens
Excellent, full plant covered with buds some of which have already opened. I have ordered another and will order still more.
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