The mesmerizing Shishi Gashira camellia is sure to transform your landscape from drab to fab! With large semi-double pink blooms in fall and winter and shiny deep green foliage year-round this flowering shrub is a gardeners dream!

With little to no maintenance you can enjoy blooms year after year with the fabulous and easy to grow Shishi Gashira.

Key Features

Be sure to choose an appropriate location for your Camellia.

Planting Time: Plant any time of the year taking care to avoid temperature extremes on either end of the spectrum. 

Sun: Part sun to part shade

Soil: Fertile, acidic, moist, but well drained

Water: When newly planted, water deeply at least twice weekly. Camellias prefer a moist soil, but are drought tolerant once established.

Fertilizer: Use our slow release fertilizer in early spring.

Mulch: Mulching is a great way to keep the roots cool, soil moist, and add nutrients to the soil. We recommend using about 2 inches of mulch covering the entire root zone.

Pruning: Prune after flowering if needed to remove dead and dying branches or correct aesthetic or structural issues

The Shishi Gashira Camellia can be used in a variety of ways to enhance your landscape. This flowering beauty adds color when the landscape tends to be dull; this makes it an ideal specimen shrub. The size and spread of the Shishi Gashira and its evergreen foliage make it perfect for low hedges and borders and as a foundation plant.

Learn when to prune your flowering shrubs.

For additional options, be sure to browse our Camellia, Flowering Shrubs and Evergreen Shrubs collections.