Southern Living Plant Collection
Southern Living Yuletide Camellia
Brighten your winter landscape with the Southern Living® Yuletide Camellia. This compact evergreen shrub offers gorgeous, bright red blooms with yellow centers, appearing throughout the holiday season and often into January. Providing fantastic year-round interest, these beauties are virtually maintenance-free and drought-tolerant, requiring no pruning. They thrive best in partial shade and prefer acidic, well-drained soil. Backed by a 1-year guarantee, this specimen is ready to provide effortless color and volume to your garden.
$31.95
Owner Satisfaction
4.5
/ 5
Category Rank
1939
/ 2637
#1939 in Bushes & Shrubs
Price vs Category Average
-19%
Below average
Mature Height
810.
/ - ft
Who it's for
- Essential Winter Bloom
- Year-Round Evergreen Foliage
- Versatile Landscape Use
Who should skip it
- Limited Cold Hardiness
- Requires Acidic Soil
- Susceptible to Scale and Sooty Mold
Key Specs
Mature Height
8-10 ft.
Mature Width
8-10 ft.
Sunlight
Partial Shade, Partial Sun
Bloom Season(s)
Fall Blooming, Winter Blooming
Growth Rate
Slow Growing
Botanical Name
Camellia sasanqua 'Yuletide'
Grows Well In Zones
7-9 outdoors
Hardiness
Hardy down to 10℉
Features
- Striking red winter blooms with yellow centers
- Compact evergreen for year-round appeal
- Virtually maintenance-free and drought tolerant
- Deer resistant
- Thrives in partial shade
- Mounding plant form
- Requires acidic, well-drained soil
- 1-year Alive & Thrive™ Guarantee
What customers say
Customers overwhelmingly value the Southern Living Yuletide Camellia for its exceptional winter color, perfectly timed for the holidays. Reviewers consistently praise the high quality of the plants received, noting they arrive healthy and well packaged, reflecting strong brand standards. The evergreen, glossy foliage also ensures year round appeal. While the long term beauty is rarely questioned, some buyers feel the initial purchase price is high relative to the juvenile size of the plant received. Despite this minor value concern, the consensus is that this camellia is a worthwhile and reliable investment for adding essential winter interest and structure to the garden, leading to high satisfaction.
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