Winter's Snowman Camellia
Camellia ‘Winter's Snowman’ · a cold-hardy white fall-blooming camellia
One of the hardiest fall-blooming camellias, bred at the US National Arboretum to survive Northeast winters. Pink buds open to white semi-double flowers in late fall on a tall, upright plant, a good informal screen. Give it a sheltered, lightly shaded spot out of winter wind, in moist, acid soil.
- Mature size
- 10 × 5 ft
- 3 × 1.5 m, tall × wide
- Hardiness
- Zones 6b–9b
- USDA
- Sun
- Part sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to moist
- Blooms
- Nov–Dec
Winter's Snowman Camellia at its mature size
A mature Winter's Snowman Camellia grows 4 to 12 feet tall and 3 to 5 feet wide, taller than most people.
Drawn to scale beside a 5 ft 9 in person. With VeraScape, you see it at this size in your own yard.
Typical mature size, unpruned. Sources: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov, NC State Extension, Monrovia, gobuyplants.com.
Through the year
What Winter's Snowman Camellia looks like month by month in a typical zone 6–7 garden.
In leaf · Jan–Oct
Glossy dark green leaves, no flowers.
In flower · Nov–Dec
White semi-double to anemone-form flowers opening from pink buds.
Growing Winter's Snowman Camellia
- Grows well in
- The Northeast, the Southeast, and the Pacific Northwest.
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Good for
- Privacy screen, hedge, shade garden, and winter interest
- Leaves
- Evergreen
- Native to
- Garden hybrid
Spacing for a hedge
VeraScape spaces plants so their grown canopies just touch. For Winter's Snowman Camellia, that’s about 5 ft apart, center to center.
Place a row in your own yard and VeraScape spaces them at their mature width, so you can see whether they’ll crowd the walk.
See Winter's Snowman Camellia in your yard before you dig
Visualize it at its true size, alongside the rest of your design.
Other camellias
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Pink Perfection CamelliaWinter's Snowman Camellia
White by the Gate CamelliaAll drawn to the same scale.