Dwarf camellia starter plants are available from Amazon. 'I prefer to stick with the brighter and more eye-catching colors as they bloom in the cold seasons,' says Bert.

ShiShi Gashira is the most popular of the dwarf-type camellias for Louisiana landscapes. These-smaller growing plants reach 4 to 5 feet in the landscape. Flowers are rose pink.

The botanical has more than 1,700 camellia plants in more than 1,100 different cultivars and species, including the tea camellia, Camellia sinensis, which is among the first camellias to bloom in ...