Dad's Pink Camellia Japonica – Live Starter Plant | 4L Size | Ships Without Pot | Evergreen Flowering Shrub | Shade Garden Favorite

Brighten your landscape with the Dad's Pink Camellia Japonica, a beautiful evergreen shrub known for its unique semi-double blooms featuring soft pink petals accented with striking red stripes and gently wavy edges. Blooming from February through April, this eye-catching camellia provides a spectacular early-season floral display while its glossy green foliage adds year-round beauty. Ideal for shade gardens, woodland landscapes, flowering hedges, specimen plantings, or large containers, this compact shrub is both elegant and easy to grow. Starter plants are grown in trays and are shipped without a nursery pot. You will receive a healthy live plant similar in size and condition to the one shown in the listing photos.

You will receive:
✔️ 1 live Dad's Pink Camellia Japonica starter plant
✔️ Size: approximately 4L starter plant
✔️ Shipped without a nursery pot
✔️ Healthy, rooted starter plant
✔️ Secure packaging for safe arrival

🌼 Growing Information
Common Name: Dad's Pink Camellia
Botanical Name: Camellia japonica 'Dad's Pink'
Plant Type: Evergreen flowering shrub
Growth Stage: Starter plant
Sun Requirements: Shade to partial sun; filtered light preferred
Soil: Slightly acidic, fertile, well-draining soil rich in organic matter
Watering: Moderate; keep soil consistently moist but not waterlogged
Mature Height: 8–12 feet
Mature Width: 6–8 feet
Growth Rate: Moderate
USDA Zones: 7–10
Container Friendly: Yes

💡 Care Tip: Pot your starter plant after arrival and keep it in a protected, shaded area for 6–12 months before transplanting into the landscape. Plants ordered from November through April may arrive dormant, and blooming cannot be guaranteed at the time of purchase. Like many variegated camellias, this variety may naturally produce striped, solid pink, red, or white flowers due to a normal characteristic known as sporting.