Shishi Gashira Camellia

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

• Huge hot pink blooms in fall and winter! Add color to your landscape when nothing else is blooming!
• Evergreen. Enjoy year-round foliage with the Shishi Gashira Camellia.
• With its height under 5 feet and spread from about 5 to 7 feet this camellia works well as a low hedge or a foundation plant.
• The Shishi Gashira camellia is low maintenance, adaptable, and versatile.

Pro Tip: The Shishi Gashira camellia is excellent for fresh cut flowers. Bring the beauty inside to enjoy!

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.