Are you looking for an interesting potted plant that blooms in winter and want its spectacular beauty to be the envy of your neighbors? Be sure to buy a beautiful Japanese camellia, which is usually grown as a shrub in Asia, but in our country, due to intense frosts, you can more often find it on the windowsill in a pot.
Japanese camellia (Camellia japonica) is an exotic evergreen plant that is not very popular here and blooms in winter. It comes from the tea family and impresses with its spectacular beauty. It’s hard to tear your eyes away from its dark green glossy leaves and decorative colorful flowers (single, full or semi-full).
It can be quite capricious, but you will definitely not regret buying it. Just put a little determination into growing it and it will definitely pay off. See how to care for the Japanese camellia so that it becomes the queen of the windowsill.
Looking for a plant that blooms in winter? Japanese camellia will steal your heart
The Japanese camellia comes from the mountainous regions of Japan, Korea and China. In the wild, it can become a beautiful bush almost 10 meters high. On the other hand, at home it usually reaches a height of up to 1 meter.
It was brought to Europe in the 18th century and almost immediately became popular with wealthy people who grew it in their courtyard conservatories, pinned it to their clothes or wore it in buttonholes. She was especially popular in French courts.
Today almost everyone can afford to grow Japanese camellia. Cuttings cost around 4-6 euros depending on the variety (there are over 2,000), so you can safely bring it home as a potted plant that blooms in winter.
How to grow Japanese camellia? It is a capricious plant, but the effort is worth it
Camellias do best in poorly heated rooms (around 15 degrees Celsius) and in conservatories. Some varieties bloom in late December, others in January, and still others in February or March.
You must provide them with a bright place (not in direct sunlight) and moist, fertile, humus soil with a slightly acidic reaction. Watering the flowers should be moderate. You must not allow the roots to be flooded, as the plant could then rot.
In winter, it is recommended to fertilize the camellia from time to time Japanese with nutrients intended for heather (acid-loving) plants, azaleas or rhododendrons. Repotting should be done every three years in late spring after flowering.
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