Sea Foam Camellia

Crisp, double white blooms open in the quiet of winter, when almost nothing else in the garden dares to flower.

The Sea Foam Camellia (Camellia japonica 'Sea Foam') is a classic evergreen broadleaf shrub prized for its formal, fully double, rose-form flowers in pure snow white. Each bloom is layered with neatly overlapping petals that hold their shape for days, set against deep, glossy, dark-green foliage that stays handsome all twelve months of the year. Flowering from winter into spring, it brings a long season of color to the part-shade garden and matures into a stately upright shrub, 10 to 12 feet tall and 6 to 8 feet wide, that can anchor a border, soften a wall, or be shaped into a refined evergreen screen.

Why growers choose the Sea Foam Camellia

• Off-season bloom. Pure white, fully double, rose-form flowers appear from winter through spring, filling the gap when most shrubs are bare.
• Year-round structure. Thick, lustrous dark-green leaves give it an evergreen presence and a polished backdrop long after the flowers fade.
• Elegant, formal flowers. The tightly layered double petals read as clean and tailored, a favorite for cut blooms floated in a shallow bowl.
• Long-lived and dependable. Camellias are slow-and-steady, long-lived shrubs that reward a good planting site with decades of bloom.
• Versatile evergreen size. Its upright 10-to-12-foot habit suits foundation plantings, hedges, and shaded borders alike.

Plant it where you will pass it in the cooler months, beside an entry, along a shaded foundation, or worked into a mixed evergreen border, and it will reward you with white flowers exactly when the landscape needs them most.