Camellia

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Clear pale pink double blooms contrast with vigorous, upright, rich green foliage. Glossy evergreen foliage provides a wonderful backdrop for the blooms. Excellent flowering shrub for the mixed border, as an accent or as a specimen. Acid-loving plant.

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Common Boxwood

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Common Boxwood

Handsome evergreen shrub is very tolerant of pruning and shaping. Well-suited for topiary, entryways or hedging. Flowers in spring are insignificant but very fragrant. Prune in summer. Prefers fertile, well-drained soil and some shade.

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Japanese Pieris

This evergreen shrub with dark foliage and fragrant flower clusters is very effective as a landscape accent, mass planting, or combined with azalea and rhododendron. Leaves turn bronze with cold weather. Adapts to full sun or shade. Prefers acid (sour) to slightly alkaline (sweet) soil. Deer resistant.

Spirea

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Spirea

Beautiful flowers in shades of pink to white attract butterflies to your garden. A lovely shrub for the mixed garden or landscape planting. Shear lightly after first flowering for best appearance. Hardiness and bloom time vary with variety.

Details

Common name

Camellia

Botanical name

Camellia hybrid

Variety

Pink Icicle

Zone

USDA 7 - 8

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Bloom color

Pink

Bloom time

winter-spring

Light

part sun

Height

6-8' (2-2.5 m)

Habit

upright

Water

daily

Feed

use acidic in spring

Maintenance

protect from winter winds