Lady Vansittart Camellia Japonica
Camellia japonica ‘Lady Vansittart’
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 7a-10a Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Evergreen Flowering Shrub
Species: Japonica (Winter, Spring blooming)
Height at Maturity: 8-15′ depending on pruning
Width at Maturity: 5-8′ depending on pruning
Spacing: 5′ for solid hedges; 10’+ for space between
Spacing: 5′ for solid hedges; 10’+ for space between
Flower Color: White, Red, Light Pink, Pink, Rose Pink, Bicolor, Multicolor – The blooms of young plants will sometimes be only one color. Various colorations will come with age.
Flower Size: Large, 4″
Flowering Period: Late Winter, Early Spring
Flower Type: Semi Double to Double
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
Resistances: Deer, Drought (when established), Heat, Humidity
Intolerances: Direct Afternoon Sun, Constantly Soggy Soil
Attracts: Visual Attention
Description
Known to produce flowers of many different colors and variations on the same plant, Lady Vansittart is one of the most impressive and popular Camellias on the market today. A true garden jewel, this dazzling Lady produces an abundance of large flowers often white or soft pink but striped, speckled or splashed with varying colors in different patterns on the petals. We’ve counted up to 6 different color patterns and variations on the same plant!
Please Note: Sometimes the blooms of young plants will be only color. Color variations will come with age.
Landscape & Garden Uses
A taller growing Camellia with an upright habit of growth to about 8-15 feet tall and 5-8 feet wide, Lady Vansittart can be grown as a shrub or small tree. As a shrub she is ideal for use as a specimen, in groupings or as 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 she grows taller lower branches can be removed to form a highly attractive and colorful small evergreen tree that serves well as a focal point specimen in landscape borders and home foundation plantings. A fine addition to 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 camellia variety is not reliably winter hardy. Find Your Zone
Spacing: 5 feet apart for a solid hedge; 10 feet or more apart for space between plants
Note: For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 7a, where this Camellia variety is not reliably winter hardy, you’ll be happy to know it can be grown in containers that can be brought indoors during winter and placed back outside when temperatures warm up in spring.
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 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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I did not know what to expect ordering a plant through the mail. I opened the box hesitantly and was amazed to find a beautiful, lush plant which already contained buds! We planted it and to date, it has adapted well and seems to be happy with its new home. I’m so looking forward to it growing and budding. I believe it will be stunning. I will definitely purchase from your company again and have already referred this fine company to friends! Thank you for a pleasant experience and a beautiful, healthy plant.———————————————-You’re welcome! We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy your purchase for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and wonderful review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
I’ve only had this Camellia for a few weeks now. My main concerns with mail order plants are apparent health and secure packing. This plant arrived looking great, budded, and very well protected during its trip with well designed and executed packing. It is in my hobby greenhouse now, looking very healthy. A follow up review will come later next year.————————————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
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I give you the highest rating across the board for the lovely group of camellias that you delivered. They arrived in perfect condition. I planted and watered and fertilized per your instructions, and they already have new growth just a couple of weeks after planting. We are thrilled. Thank you!————————————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
I give you the highest rating across the board for the lovely group of camellias that you delivered. They arrived in perfect condition. I planted and watered and fertilized per your instructions, and they already have new growth just a couple of weeks after planting. We are thrilled. Thank you!————————————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
Very healthy plant with well formed root ball, packaged very well
Has been in the ground around two weeks and put out it’s first bloom yesterday. I am very happy with my purchase. ———————–Thanks for the photo. Lady Vansittart is one of my favorites. We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the great review! Beth | WBG 🙂
Has been in the ground around two weeks and put out it’s first bloom yesterday. I am very happy with my purchase. ———————–Thanks for the photo. Lady Vansittart is one of my favorites. We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the great review! Beth | WBG 🙂
The plant arrived promptly and in great condition (always the case with Wilson’s)! We look forward to experiencing this famous camellia.————————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
Ordered this plant to replace one received from a friend last Christmas. This plant arrived in beautiful shape – healthy, full of pods ready to bloom! We picked out a spot in our yard based on the great info on the Wilson Brothers website and look forward to beautiful blooms for years to come at our forever home in SC. Thanks so much for providing a great experience in info online , purchasing and receiving a beautiful specimen!—————————————————–Wow! We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
Received Order today, which was ordered 4 November 2021. Both the Lady Vansittart and Jury’s Yellow camellias are beautiful, strong plants, which we look forward to enjoying for years to come..
Thank you both for your prompt service and the excellent plants.————————————-We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the kind words and awesome review! Beth | WBG 🙂
Thank you both for your prompt service and the excellent plants.————————————-We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the kind words and awesome review! Beth | WBG 🙂
My new go-to nursery of choice. Always superior plants!———————————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
I can speak about the # 1 thing that every plant I had selected “spoke to me” and that “one thing” is uncompromising quality! It is quality in the plants; quality in the shipping process and the values in the fair pricing.
With not even one “miss,”among all I have order, you have earned and reinforced my trust! That is saying quite a bit these days! I keep reordering because your nursery products are “worth the $$”!
Two things that I have been patiently waiting on is: PIUS IX Camellia japonica and August Beauty gardenia. I hope that you will have them “for sale” soon again (in the large containers!)
Thanks guys! You both “rock!”
Most sincerely.—————————————————We are so very glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks a bunch for the kind words and stellar review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
With not even one “miss,”among all I have order, you have earned and reinforced my trust! That is saying quite a bit these days! I keep reordering because your nursery products are “worth the $$”!
Two things that I have been patiently waiting on is: PIUS IX Camellia japonica and August Beauty gardenia. I hope that you will have them “for sale” soon again (in the large containers!)
Thanks guys! You both “rock!”
Most sincerely.—————————————————We are so very glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks a bunch for the kind words and stellar review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
Very impressed with how quickly we received our Camellia plant. It was carefully packed and arrived in perfect condition. We planted it in the yard according to instructions and it is thriving! It’s a young plant but has already grown a few inches since planting about a month ago. Looking forward to see what colors bloom. This was our first purchase from Wilson Brothers but it won’t be the last . Recommend them highly!———————————————————Thanks for the photo! We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
I stumbled across Wilson Bros (searching for the best of the best) and am thrilled with this purchase. My camellia was carefully packaged for shipping and super healthy, upon arrival, It’s two weeks later and I smile with every new bloom I see from my first camellia. I’ll be a long time customer, for certain.———————————————We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the kind words and great review! Beth | WBG 🙂
The camellia is so beautiful. The plant was quickly shipped and arriving in good, healthy condition.———————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
We purchased a 3 gallon Lady Vasittart Camellia last October that arrived in good shape and loaded with buds. The buds didn’t open until February 6. Then the freeze came and I thought it would kill the remaining buds, but it didn’t. The buds did open, however they weren’t as pretty as the ones before the freeze. Even though the description says the flowers are 4 inches I somehow pictured them being a little bit bigger. I would definitely recommend this plant to Camellia lovers. I look forward to watching this plant grow out of our front window.———————————–We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the great review! Beth | WBG 🙂
First time ordering from Wilson Brothers and delighted with the care and packaging, thrilled to receive a very healthy plant that is ready to bloom!!——————–We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
Great looking plant, beautifully and safely packaged. I will be back.———————————Thanks for the kind words! We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the great review! Beth | WBG 🙂
This lovely camellia arrived in good time, well packed and in great condition, It has a number of buds so I’m hopeful it will bloom this winter—————————————–We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
My sister’s FL camellia garden was vandalized, and many old trees were destroyed…breaking her heart, as they were a legacy from our mother. So I sent her a 3-gallon pot of Lady Vansittart as a Christmas gift, and she was thrilled when it arrived within 3 days of my ordering it. She called me and described it as already about 4 ft. tall, with lots of buds ready to burst open. She is keeping it inside on her screened-in patio for a few months, for the sheer pleasure of watching it bloom right away and she will transplant it to her camellia garden in the spring. She had been so afraid she would never witness the camellia’s lovely blooming again, and now she is ecstatic! Thank you for sending her such a healthy, well-grown specimen. And since it is so affordable, I’m planning on sending her another one for her birthday in June!—————————————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope your sister enjoys it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
Our camellia bush arrived in absolutely pristine condition. Healthy, happy green leaves (all (all intact!) and buds already set!) It is the best live plant I have ordered through the mail, I couldn’t be more pleased with the entire purchase. It arrived within days of placing the order. Thank you Wilson Bros!—————————–Thanks for the kind words! We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the great review! Beth | WBG 🙂
The camellias were well packaged, no breakage, and beautiful. Lush green plants with big buds ready to open. Best online plant purchase that I have had.—————–We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
Sent to our daughter in law after her father passed away. Camellias are such a beautiful plant to flower in the darkest of winter. Always bring a smile. I have not seen this plant but I know it was appreciated.———————————————–We are glad you are pleased and we hope your daughter in law enjoys it for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

























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