Glossy green leaves, lovely blossoms, oil, and the invigorating beverage that spurred the American revolution all come from plants in the Camellia family.
Beautiful in a naturalized wooded setting, functional as a flowering formal hedge, and lovely as a focal centerpiece, camellias are evergreen shrubs and small trees that grow well in slightly acidic soils with lots of humus and good drainage.
Almost all camellia plants are happiest with plentiful water.