Plant: Gay Baby - Camellia hyb.
Camellia hyb. · Camellia × 'Gay Baby'
Size: 3 gal
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More about this plant
A miniature camellia hybrid raised in New Zealand in 1978 from Camellia x williamsii 'Ruby Bells' crossed with 'Tiny Princess'. It grows vigorously and upright to about 6 and a half feet tall and 5 feet across, carrying small dark green leaves with bronze purple new growth. Small bright pink semi double flowers roughly 2 inches wide with golden stamens open from midwinter into spring. It wants partial shade and fertile, moist, well drained acid or ericaceous soil, and it is hardy to about 5 degrees Fahrenheit. Its size suits small gardens, town gardens, cottage gardens and shrub borders, and it is resistant to honey fungus with few pest or disease problems.
- Part Shade
- Grows to 6.5 ft tall and 5 ft wide
- Blooms in winter, spring
- Hardy in USDA zones 6-9
- Evergreen foliage
Plant description
A miniature camellia hybrid raised in New Zealand in 1978 from Camellia x williamsii 'Ruby Bells' crossed with 'Tiny Princess'. It grows vigorously and upright to about 6 and a half feet tall and 5 feet across, carrying small dark green leaves with bronze purple new growth. Small bright pink semi double flowers roughly 2 inches wide with golden stamens open from midwinter into spring. It wants partial shade and fertile, moist, well drained acid or ericaceous soil, and it is hardy to about 5 degrees Fahrenheit. Its size suits small gardens, town gardens, cottage gardens and shrub borders, and it is resistant to honey fungus with few pest or disease problems.
- Flowers
- Small bright pink semi double flowers about 2 inches across with golden stamens, opening from January into April.
- Foliage
- Small dark green evergreen leaves to about 2 inches long, elliptic with finely toothed margins and bronze purple new growth.
