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- Camellia japonica ‘April Tryst’
- USDA Hardiness Zones: 6a to 9b
- ‘April Tryst’ camellia graces gardens across the Deep South and up to Zone 6 with showy, fragrant, deep red blossoms. The compact form of this camellia gives gardeners plenty of options. It makes an exceptional container plant and serves equally well for foundation plantings. Planting in humus-rich acidic soil with an organic mulch will let ‘April Tryst’ thrive and show its best.
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- ‘April Dawn’ Camellia
- ‘April Blush’ Camellia
- ‘April Kiss’ Camellia
- ‘April Remembered’ Camellia
- Woody Ornamentals - Flowering Shrubs - Evergreen - Broadleaf
- Growth Size: Tall Shrub - 5 to 8 feet tall, 4 to 4 feet wide
- Growth Habit: Columnar
- Features: Year Round Color and Interest, Screening, Easy to Grow, Long-lived
- Heat Tolerant, Cold Hardy, Drought Tolerant (once established)
- Attracts: Bees, Pollinators
- Garden Ideas:
- Asian-Zen, Woodland Shade, Cutting
- Flower features: Showy Flowers, Good for Cut Flowers
- Fragrant red bloom that bloom in winter through spring
- Foliage type and color: Evergreen, Dark Green
- Landscape Uses: Shady areas, Woodland edge, Grouping, Beds
- Accent, Border, Container, Mass Planting, Specimen
- ‘April Tryst’ Camellia is a Low maintenance plant
- Growth Size: Tall Shrub - 5 to 8 feet tall, 4 to 4 feet wide
- Growth Rate: Slow
- Spacing: 5-7 ft apart
- Exposure: Full Shade to Full Shade
- Watering: Average Evenly Moist
- Soil Types: Acidic Moist, well-drained Enriched with organic matter
- General Plant Care: Care for your shrubs includes monitoring for pests and diseases, periodically checking soil moisture, and providing fertilizer as needed. In general, plants that have sufficient water and the correct amount of fertilizer tend to not have as many pest and disease problems. Water new plants weekly during the growing season in the first year, and as needed after that.
- General Planting Tips: Choose a site suited to your plant's light, soil, and space needs. Dig a hole twice as wide but no deeper than the container. Remove plant from container and loosen roots slightly. Place the plant in the hole. If using slow-release (coated) fertilizer, you may add it according to package directions at this time. Add soil back to the hole, ensuring the top of the soil from the container is even with the surrounding soil. Water well, and add more soil if needed. Add 2-3 inches of mulch around plant, taking care to keep away from stem or trunk. See our FAQ page for more details on Mulching.
- General Fertilizing Tips: Acidic fertilizer after flowering according to package directions.
- General Pruning suggestions: Pruning can help keep a more manageable or attractive size or shape, or encourage new blooms or vigorous new growth. To avoid unnecessary pruning chores, pick the right size plant for your available space -- for example, don’t plant a shrub that gets twelve feet tall in front of a low window. Unless they being used in a formal garden setting, plants look best when not sheared tightly into a square or round ball shape. If pruning a hedge, keep the top narrower than the base to form a slight angle, allowing sun to reach the bottom branches to avoid die-back at the base of the plant. Instead, preserve the natural growth habit of the shrub by pruning selected branches back to a fork, to the trunk, or to the ground, depending on the amount you wish to cut the shrub back. Do not remove more than 1/4 of the total plant at any one time.
