Anticipation Camellia

Camellia x williamsii ‘Anticipation’

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 7a-9b Find Your Zone

Plant Type: Evergreen Flowering Shrub

Species: Williamsii Hybrid

Height at Maturity: 8-12′ depending on pruning

Width at Maturity: 6-10′ depending on pruning

Spacing: 6′ for solid hedge; 16’+ for space between plants

Flower Color: Vibrant Pink

Flower Size: 6”

Flowering Period: Winter, Spring

Flower Type: Formal Double, peony form

Fragrant Flowers: No

Foliage Color: Dark Green

Fragrant Foliage: No

Berries: No

Berry Color: NA

Sun Needs: Morning Sun with Afternoon Shade or Filtered Sun, All Day Filtered Sun

Water Needs: Average, Lower when established

Soil Type: Clay (amended), Loam, Sand (amended), Silt

Soil Moisture / Drainage: Well Drained Moist

Soil pH: 5.0 – 6.5 (Acid)

Maintenance / Care: Low

Attracts: Visual Attention

Resistances: Deer, Drought (when established), Heat, Humidity

Intolerances: Direct Afternoon Sun, Constantly Soggy Soil

Description

An award winning Williamsii Hybrid, the ‘Anticipation’ Camellia displays extremely large and showy, fully double peony form flowers with vibrant rose-pink petals. Absolutely gorgeous blooms! A vigorous upright grower with lustrous dark green leaves that serve as the prefect backdrop to the flowers. This beauty can be grown as a large evergreen shrub, hedge or lower branches can be removed to form a highly attractive small tree up to 16 feet tall for use in partially shaded landscape borders or as an accent or to frame corners in home foundation plantings.

Landscape & Garden Uses

Growing 8 to 12 feet tall and 6 to 10 feet wide depending on pruning, Anticipation Camellia can be grown as a large shrub or small tree. As a shrub, it is ideal for use as a specimen, in groupings or as a hedge or background plant in partially shaded landscape borders and is especially nice as a corner plant or espalier (trained to grow flat against a wall) in home foundation plantings. As this camellia grows taller lower branches can be removed to form a small evergreen tree that serves well as a highly attractive focal point specimen in landscape borders and home foundation plantings. A fine addition to camellia gardens, pink theme gardens, cottage gardens, and cut flower gardens.

Suggested Spacing: 6 feet apart for solid hedge; 16 feet or more apart for space between plants

Growing Preferences

Camellia adapt well to various soil types however prefer a moist but well-drained acidic soil that is rich in organic matter. Constantly soggy or wet soil is a slow killer. In general, Camellia grows and blooms better in partial shade with some shelter from the hot afternoon sun. Morning sun with afternoon shade or filtered sunlight is perfect. All-day filtered sun is fine.

Helpful Articles

Click on a link below to find helpful advice from our experts on how to plant and care for Camellias.

Planting Camellias
Pruning Camellias
How To Fertilize & Water Camellias
How To Espalier Plants & Trees

*Espalier (pronounced: ih-spal-yay) …an ornamental shrub or tree that has been trained to grow flat against a wall, fence, or other vertical, flat surface.

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