Taylor’s Perfection Camellia Delivers Stunning Pink Blooms for Late Winter and Spring Color
Year-Round Beauty and Elegance to Any Landscape
Taylor’s Perfection Camellia is a stunning evergreen shrub that delivers year-round beauty and bursts of stunning, soft pink blooms in late winter and early spring. With its semi-double to double flowers, this hybrid variety brings color and charm to the garden when most other plants are still dormant. The glossy, dark green foliage provides the perfect backdrop for its showy blossoms, making this camellia a favorite for hedges, specimen plantings, or containers.
Taylor’s Perfection is a Williamsii hybrid camellia, admired for decades for its reliable blooming and graceful form. Unlike older camellia species that could be finicky, this hybrid was developed to combine the beauty of traditional camellias with improved vigor and adaptability. Its large, soft pink flowers, sometimes outlined in deeper pink, have long made it a standout in southern gardens.
Taylor’s Perfection Camellia Care Guide
Caring for Taylor’s Perfection Camellia is simple and low-maintenance, making it a rewarding choice for gardeners of all experience levels. Plant it in rich, well-drained, acidic soil with a pH between 5.0 and 6.5. While this camellia adapts to clay, loam, sand, and silt (if amended), it prefers consistently moist soil—though not soggy conditions. Morning sun with afternoon shade or all-day filtered light is ideal to protect the blooms and foliage from harsh sunlight. During the first growing season, water deeply and regularly to establish a strong root system, then reduce watering as it matures. A thick layer of mulch helps keep roots cool and retains soil moisture. Light pruning after flowering maintains shape, and an acid fertilizer in spring encourages vibrant growth and next season’s blooms.
Taylor’s Perfection Camellia Features
Taylor’s Perfection Camellia grows 8–12 feet tall and 5–8 feet wide at maturity, though pruning can keep it smaller or shape it into a compact hedge or even a small ornamental tree. Its upright, evergreen growth habit ensures year-round structure and appeal in the landscape. In late winter and early spring, it dazzles with a profusion of semi-double to double flowers in soft pink, often accented with darker edges and bright yellow stamens. The blooms appear when little else is flowering, making this variety a true highlight of the season. Deer resistant, heat and humidity tolerant, and even somewhat drought resistant once established, it’s an excellent addition to woodland gardens, foundation plantings, and decorative containers.
Why Buy From Perfect Plants?
At Perfect Plants, every Taylor’s Perfection Camellia is grown with care on our family-run Florida farm and shipped directly to your door, ensuring you receive a healthy, well-rooted plant ready to thrive in your garden.
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