Camellias

Esposito’s receives new shipments of budded, blooming Camellias almost every week, fall through spring! We recommend re-visiting the garden center every few weeks during Camellia season (October through April) to see exactly which varieties look the prettiest at the time. You can plant a variety of early, mid, and late season varieties for a continuous display of cool-season color. The selection changed often, and there are new surprises in store each week! Call 850-386-2114 to confirm current availability and place an order for delivery or curbside pickup.

Both Sasanqua and Japonica Camellias prefer partial-sun, ideally morning sun with afternoon shade. That being said, Sasanqua varieties are known to be a bit more sun tolerant than Japonicas, so if you are trying to push the limits of sun tolerance, Sasanqua is a safer bet! Camellias prefer slightly acidic soil within the range of 5.8 to 6.5; a simple pH meter will let you know exactly where your soil stands.

Producing hundreds of giant flowers is hard work! Fertilize according to schedule to ensure your Camellias have the energy they need to make those beautiful blooms. Luckily, Camellia fertilization is about as easy as it gets: use Holly-tone once in mid-March after the last frost, and again in October or early-November before the first frost.

A 2” layer of mulch will help suppress weeds and retain soil moisture, but be sure not to bury the trunk of your Camellia too much deeper than it was in the original pot. Always remove old mulch and debris from beneath the canopy before replacing it with fresh mulch to ensure that you don’t accidentally suffocate your Camellia.

The Core Selection

These varieties are usually available. Please give us a call at 850-386-2114 or stop by the garden center to see what’s blooming today!

Carter’s Sunburst

Spectacular, double, medium pink blooms streaked with deeper pink.

Magic City

Fire red variegated white medium peony with yellow anthers and white filaments.

Marie Bracey

Brilliant pink, fully double blooms with fantastically ruffled inner petals and yellow centers

Grace Albritton

Formal double flowers, mostly white to pale pink with deeper pink outer edges.

GA National Fair

A large to very large, highly variegated red and white semi-double to peony form.

Daikagura

Rose pink to rose red petals may be heavily splotched with white on medium to large, peony form flowers with yellow stamens.

Show Time

Very large, clear light pink, semi-double blooms with fluted petals.

Dick Hardinson

A large, red edged black, formal double.

Mrs. D. W. Davis

Very large semi-double bluish pink blooms appear mid season.

Holly Bright

Glossy foliage that is serrated much like holly and semi-double flowers are glossy salmon red.

Sea Foam

Medium to large pure white, fully double, perfect form Camellias with elegantly cupped petals in mid to late season.

Little Babe Variegated

Rose form double to formal double with dark red blotched white with golden anthers and pink filaments.

Sweetie Pie

Large to very large blush pink blooms with one or more red stripes.

R. L. Wheeler Variegated

Large double blooms of dark coral pink with a large boss of yellow stamens are randomly splashed with white.

Morning Glow

An abundance of gorgeous, large, and formal double flowers with rows of overlapping petals that are slightly cupped and porcelain white.

Greensboro Red

Beautiful semi-double, round, showy red flowers with gold eyes.

Grape Soda

Small to medium size single form flower is lavender to lavender-red.

Buttons n’ Bows

Fully double, flowers with wavy soft pink petals shading to deeper pinks at the edges.

Dusty Variegtated

Large blooms in white blotched, dusty rose-pink.

Melissa Ann

Large peony white blooms with clusters of light yellow interspersed stamens.

Early Autumn

Rose colored double flowers are edged in a deep lavender.

Bienville

Impressive double white, old fashioned/heritage variety.

Dr. Carl Beard

Lady Laura

Semi-double to peony form blooms are mid-pink splashed with darker pink.

La Peppermint

Fragrant, eye-catching double flowers with white or soft pink petals randomly streaked in red.

Seasonal Selections

These varieties are available for a limited time each year. Please give us a call at 850-386-2114 or stop by the garden center to see what’s blooming today!