A moderate growth rate with an upright habit of growth to about 10 to 12 feet tall and 6 to 8 feet wide, the Gigantea Camellia can be grown as a shrub or attractive small tree. As a shrub it is ideal for use as a specimen, in groupings, or as a hedge or background plant in landscape borders and is especially nice as a corner plant or espalier (trained to grow flat against a wall) in home foundation plantings.  As your camellia grows taller, lower branches can be removed to form a highly attractive, evergreen focal point specimen tree for use in landscape borders and home foundation plantings. A fine addition to red color theme gardens, Camellia gardens, cottage gardens, cut flower gardens and woodland borders. Also suitable for containers that can be brought indoors during winter by those who garden above USDA Zone 7a, where this variety is not reliably winter hardy. Find Your Zone

Suggested Spacing:  5 to 6 feet apart for solid hedge; 12 feet or more apart for space between plants

Camellia adapt well to various soil types however prefer a moist but well-drained acidic soil that is rich in organic matter. Constantly soggy soil is a slow killer. In general, Camellia grows and blooms better in partial shade with some shelter from the hot afternoon sun, however G.G Gerbing says this one will tolerate sun or shade. That said, we think morning sun with afternoon shade or filtered sunlight is perfect. All-day filtered sun is fine as well.

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