High Fragrance Camellia

Camellia lutchuensis hybrid ‘High Fragrance’

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 8a-10b Find Your Zone

Plant Type: Evergreen Flowering Shrub

Species: Japonica (Winter, Spring blooming)

Height at Maturity: 5-8′ depending on pruning

Width at Maturity: 5-8′ depending on pruning

Flower Color: Soft Pink

Flower Size: Large, 4″

Flowering Period: Late Fall through Early Spring

Flower Type: Semi-Double

Fragrant Flowers: Yes – they smell like a rose!

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

Attracts: Visual Attention

Resistances: Deer – more info, Drought (when established), Heat, Humidity

Intolerances: Direct Afternoon Sun, Constantly Soggy Soil

Description

With your eyes closed you’d think you were smelling a rose. One of our favorite of all Camellia, High Fragrance is a hybrid that produces an abundance of beautiful, large and fully double peony form soft pink flowers with an alluring rose-like fragrance! An upright grower with an open habit. Be assured that every winter and spring this Camellia will delight the senses and become part of your gardening tradition.

Landscape & Garden Uses

Growing 5 to 8 feet tall and 5 to 8 feet wide depending on pruning, the High Fragrance Camellia can be grown as a large shrub or small tree. As a shrub, it is ideal for use as a hedge or background plant, in groupings, and is especially nice as espalier (trained to grow flat against a wall.) When “limbed up” to form a small tree it serves well as an attractive and colorful specimen in landscape borders and home foundation plantings. Great for cottage gardens, cut flower gardens, to frame corners, as a single specimen shrub or tree, screen or windbreak plantings, home foundations, in woodland gardens, and woodland borders. Also suitable for containers that can be brought indoors overwinter for those who live above USDA Zone 8a, where not winter hardy. Find Your Zone

Spacing: 4 feet apart for 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 8a, 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 have bought a number of plants this past year at this site. They have all come well packaged and in good condition. I cannot comment on the fragrance, since it is not blooming. However, since we planted it it has already grown about eight inches and that is a good sign for this next season.——————————————————————-Thanks for the kind words and wonderful review! We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

Order came very fast and shipped with extreme care. Plants were planted same day and have taken well. Cant wait until they bloom! Will surely buy from Wilson Bros. again.————————————————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

I received the plant on time and in a very carefully made box. There was no damage and the plant seems happy after planting. Looking forward to it growing and flowering.———————————————–Thanks for the photo! 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’ve ordered many trees and bushes from other places…usually they arrive tiny or one stick…the Camellia was full, healthy, and very carefully packaged. Can’t wait for the blooms!————————————————————–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

This baby bloomed for me, and it was amazing! The smell is wonderful as well as appearance! I absolutely love it!———————————————-The photo is lovely. 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

Good—————————————————————–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

Ordering online is usually accompanied by cautious optimism. My Wilson Bros Fragrant Camillias order exceeded my expectations with the size, condition and packaging of the plants. This will my go-to source from now on and I have already shared this with others!——————————————————————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

Packing was excellent; the plants arrived healthy despite more than a week in shipping———————————————————-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

Our Camellia arrived safe, sound and healthy. Already showing new growth. Very pleased with this nursery——————————————————————————–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

Hi,
I got the full order today.
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

Strangely enough, both our horticultural advisor and we were having absolutely no luck in finding a camelia grower here in Central Florida who would respond to our repeated attempts to contact them. We have yet to find out why. In any event, this is how we came to discover Wilson Bros on-line. Decades ago, we had purchased rose bush cuttings from a long-ago forgotten company. These plants were straggly but survived to grow into acceptable bushes after two years . . . so we were willing to take a gamble on Wilson Bros and are SO glad we did. Our camelias arrived FED EX in within four days and were in perfect shape. They were the promised size, have now been planted and appear to like their new location. My wife and I are both excited to see them bloom in due course. Kudos to Wilson Bros. Great service and quality product is becoming near impossible to find and count on these days, as we all know. Wilson Bros. excels at both.————————————————————–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

I have bought several camellias from you. All have arrived in perfect condition, and this one is no exception! Beautiful plant that I can’t wait to see bloom!
Your packaging keeps plants looking as if they just came out of the ground, but this 75 year old finds it almost impossible to remove the plant!———————————–So sorry, our shipping method gets them to safe and secure. 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

I am extremely pleased with the 3 gallon Camellia plants you sent me. They arrived in wonderful condition, really well packaged. They have been planted and are holding up very well. I am looking forward to their growing and producing a real nice flower with a nice fragrance. Thanks for the great service.——————————————————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

My camellia came with a flowering bud! The size was surprising…I was expecting a rooted twig! I will definitely order from here again! The quality is exceptional!.—————————————————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

impressive blossoms of fragrant soft pink. Came with about 6 buds which opened slowly..——————————————–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

Plant as described, plant received was well packaged, large, full of buds and in very good 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

I was so so happy when my 2 camellias arrived. They were both perfect healthy trees. An abundance of beautiful buds at all different stages. Since I have had the plant (2) weeks I have 2 enormous flowers. Smell unbelievable. . I will always use your business for all my flower needs. A++++.——————————————————————-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

I received my High Fragrance camellia.
Looks good.
Thanks so much.
Best regards.———————————————————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

The blooms have opened and the fragrance is truly wonderful. Thank you so much for your hard work and this great plant.—————————————————————–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

Nice healthy plant full of flower buds. Flower looks just like in the website description.—————————————–Thanks for the lovely photos. 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

Plant is beautiful! Trimmed into nice shape with flower buds, can’t wait to smell the fragrance when they bloom next spring. Shipping couldn’t be better. All the dirt intact.
Not my first order from Wilson, will order again.——————————-We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the kind words and great review! Beth | WBG 🙂

I have ordered a lot of plants online- often receive weak tiny plants with underdeveloped root systems. I baby them until mature enough to put in the ground. This camellia is robust with an excellent root system, even has developing flower buds. Great quality!———————————————————-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

My shipment arrived intact. The plants are very healthy, and I expect them to flourish after planting in the proper location.—————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

I have bought 5 camellias at two different times from Wilson Brothers. Both times the plants arrived quickly and were in perfect shape. I just planted the two High Fragrance camellias . I am looking forward to seeing them bloom next winter.—————————————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the great review and the kind words! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

The Camellia arrived in excellent condition with new growth and packed very well. It is being planted in a 7B region.————————————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

I received a big healthy plant with a lot of flowers. They are slight fragrant, not highly fragrant as the name but I’m not complaining.————————-We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the great review! Beth | WBG 🙂

This was my first order from Wilson Bros. My plants arrived very well packaged and healthy. I just planted them, so let’s see how they do in their new home!—————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

Extremely happy with the purchase. Came in great condition and the plant is larger than I had hoped. Has started to bloom. Highly recommended.——————————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

My camellia arrived well packed with no damage or signs of stress. Deep green foliage and multiple buds. Produced the first GORGEOUS flower in less than one month after planting. Worth the price. Will definitely be purchasing more in the near future.————————————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

A very full and well proportioned plant, full of blossom buds, arrived promptly and ready to plant.—————————————–We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the great review! Beth | WBG 🙂

I was amazed on how quickly it got here also the plant was well packaged no broken branches and last but not least the size. I was expecting a much smaller plant thank you I’m very happy with this plant. Bob.——————————————————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’m so glad I discovered Wilson Bros. The plants arrive in beautiful shape. The quality of the plants exceed what I usually find in the local nurseries.. The plants are strong and exceptional. I will continue to order from Wilson Bros.———————————-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

Just love the plant!!!
The flower is like Porcelain . Just beautiful!————————————–Thanks for the kind words! We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the great review! Beth | WBG 🙂

I just wanted to thank you for the beautiful plants that I just received today from your company, a gardenia and high fragrance camellia, they are in perfect condition and look totally amazing, I am very pleased with them, again thank you so very much!————————————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

The plant arrived in perfect condition. Glossly leaves, graceful shape. Can’t wait to see the flowers next spring.——————————-We are so glad you are pleased! Beth | WBG 🙂

My new High Fragrance Camellia, purchased from WB in January 2020, is a beautiful, healthy plant, that exceeded my expectations. It has quite a bit of new growth already, and buds are forming. Excited for blooms! Also, I appreciate all the additional information on the WB website regarding the plants, their care and pruning, and so forth. The extra information is very helpful! Thank you, Mrs. Lovesplants ——————– WBG Reply: Hi Mrs Loveplants:-) We love the name! Thanks so much for your review of the High Fragrance Camellia and for the compliments. Glad to hear you appreciate all the extra planting and care info we provide…makes everything we do even more worth the while. Hope you enjoy this magnificent Camellia for years to come!
Brent | Wilson Bros Gardens

We love Wilson Bros Gardens! Everything we buy from them is so healthy and way beyond expectations! We bought 6 Camellias, and all of them have been blooming since we’ve put them in the ground. The fragrance is heavenly, and the blooms are nice and large. You just can’t get better quality anywhere online, or even at your local nursery. Excellent!———————————————————Hi Claire, Thanks so much for taking the time to provide your review of the High Fragrance Camellia Hybrid. We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks so much for the wonderful review!! 🙂
Beth Steele | Wilson Bros Gardens

Purchased for my sister in South Carolina. Asked for delayed delivery and Wilson Bros delivered exactly as requested. Great packaging, beautiful camellia bush, my sister is thrilled. Thank you!———————–Hi Lily, Thanks so much for taking the time to provide your review of the High Fragrance Camellia Hybrid. We are so glad you are pleased and we hope your sister enjoys it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words! 🙂
Beth Steele | Wilson Bros Gardens

My ‘High Fragrance’ and ‘Desire’ camellias arrived and exceeded ALL my expectations. They were well packaged, and healthy as all-get-out … in fact, both were sporting some new growth, and never slowed down for a second! They look quite happy in their new surroundings, and I intend to do everything in my power to keep it that way! Can’t wait to see their blooms next winter!
I’ll be ordering from Wilson Bros. again … and again … and (undoubtedly) again!
Keep on doing things just the way you do now. Very, very pleased!—————————————WBG Reply: Hi Sylvia, Thanks so much for taking the time to provide your review of the High Fragrance Camellia. We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks so much for the kind words!
Beth Steele | Wilson Bros Gardens

From the moment I spoke to the customer service person and ordered my beautiful hybrid camellia to the arrival the next day, it was a flawless experience. The packaging of my shrub was incredible and not one leaf had been disturbed. I planted, have already had one bloom and now several buds. The fragrance is heavenly. Thank you Wilson Brothers Gardens for the perfect shrub!————————————-WBG Reply: Hi Elizabeth, Thanks so much for taking the time to provide your review of the High Fragrance Camellia. We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words!
Beth Steele | Wilson Bros Gardens

Plants were large and nice as advertized great looking plants . Shipping was great . Very happy with purchase.
Thanks!—————————WBG Reply: Hi Lloyd, Thanks so much for taking the time to provide your review of the High Fragrance Camellia Hybrid. We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come!
Beth Steele | Wilson Bros Gardens

When this plant arrived I was amazed how tall and healthy it had arrived I’m so glad I found the Wilson brothers nursery their products are amazing every plant I’ve received has arrived on time and in great shape.. Thank you !!!!!——————————WBG Reply: Hi Patricia, Thanks so much for taking the time to provide your review of the High Fragrance Camellia. We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! And thanks so much for the kind words!!
Beth Steele | Wilson Bros Gardens

I ordered two Camelia Hybrids High Fragrance from Wilson Bros Gardens because they were not available in my local nurseries. The plants arrived within just a few days carefully wrapped and in excellent health. The two were so nice I quickly ordered one more. The third bush arrived just as promptly. The third had ants in the box and bucket., but the plant was healthy and unharmed. When I notified Wilson Bros, they immediately responded to my message with many apologies. The ants were due to the rain they had gotten and not harmful. They then sent me a bottle of Neem oil and spray bottle to combat any further issues. Fantastic customer service!————————–WBG Reply: Hi Linda, Thanks so much for taking the time to provide your review of the High Fragrance Camellia. We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Sorry about the ant problem, we just about drowned down her for a couple of weeks this winter, the Neem will take care of the ants!
Beth Steele | Wilson Bros Gardens

Beautiful big plant arrived in perfect condition. Small buds are already formed. Hope to grow in pot. ———————- WBG Reply: Hi Betty – Thanks for your review of the High Fragrance Camellia and we hope you enjoy it for years to come. If you close your eyes when smelling the flowers you’d think you were smelling a rose. They do very well in pots at our location so should do well for you. You can find our advice for planting Camellias in pots in our article titled How To Plant A Camellia >. Let us know if there’s ever anything else we can do for you. – Brent | Wilson Bros Gardens

Strong, beautiful healthy plant. Can’t wait to see it bloom in the Spring. —————— WBG Reply: Hi Karen – Thanks so much for the review on the High Fragrance Camellia and we hope you enjoy it for years to come. Let us know if there’s ever anything else we can do for you. We’re at your service. – Brent | Wilson Bros Gardens

Very nice quality plant; arrived well packaged and very promptly. Can’t wait to order again. —————- WBG Reply: Hi Ruth – Thanks for the review of the High Fragrance Camellia and for the compliments! It makes everything we do even more worth the while. Hope you enjoy it for years to come. Let us know if there’s ever anything else we can help you with. – Brent | Wilson Bros Gardens

I order a lot of plants for my green house. The camellia tree I ordered was well packed, came in perfect condition and was an excellent specimen! Very pleased! ———————- WBG Reply: Hi Bob – Thanks so much for your review of the High Fragrance camellia and for your compliments. Hope you enjoy it for years to come. It’s one of my personal favorites. Who would ever think that a Camellia would produce flowers that smell like a rose! Let us know if there’s ever anything else we can help you with. We’re always at your service! – Brent | Wilson Bros Gardens

Nice healthy, big plant. Hope it lives. ————– WBG Reply: Hi Kitnor – Thanks for providing your review. We hope you enjoy your High Fragrance Camellia for years to come. To ensure the best success click on the Planting & Care Advice tab on this page to find helpful articles that will have you growing Camellias like the pros. Let us know if there’s ever anything else we can help you with. We’re at your service! – Brent | Wilson Bros Gardens

I ordered this plant to bring a little bit of Georgia to our new home in Florida. When it arrived, it was packed very well and healthy – loaded with buds already. We planted this in honor of our Aunt who passed two days after it arrived and so eloquently have named it “Helen”. Beautifully one morning in Helen’s poolside container, she graced us with a surprise within 2 weeks of planting – a gorgeous, fragrant bloom. We couldn’t be more pleased with this purchase! ——————- WBG Reply: Sorry to hear about your loss…but nice to hear that “Helen” gave you a gorgeous bloom within two weeks! Maybe sometimes these occurrences aren’t a coincidence. Back in November I lost my little Lucy (chihuahua) and we noticed a Camellia right beside her grave that had put out one lone white bloom the next day after we buried her. It was a Camellia japonica which typically doesn’t bloom until March. Hope you enjoy Helen for years to come. Thanks so much for your review. Let us know if there’s ever anything we can help you with. – Brent | Wilson Bros Gardens

I’ve ordered plants from many nurseries online and I must say that these High Fragrance Camellias are some of if not the best plants I’ve ever receveived by mail. The plants were very large and had lots of blooms on them, and I can attest to the fact that they are very fragrant! My compliments to the folks at Wilson Bros Gardens!

Great plant, Nice and large and well packaged. Thanks! Can not wait to smell the nice flowers