Camellia hedge

Colder zones may have all that colorful foliage to add excitement to the dwindling light of autumn days, but in zones 6 through 10, you have something pretty

Camellia casanqua - A clipped Camellia hedge with single mid pink flowers, pla... Image:0578368 - Stock photo from GAP Gardens, garden & plant photography

Here are six ways to grow low-maintenance, shade-loving Camellias to brighten your garden in the darker days of late fall into early spring.

To create a beautiful privacy screen or yard separator, try planting one of these flowering hedge plants that will beautify your yard.

To create a beautiful privacy screen or yard separator, try planting one of these flowering hedge plants that will beautify your yard.

Training Camellia into a small tree

To create a beautiful privacy screen or yard separator, try planting one of these flowering hedge plants that will beautify your yard.

Sasanqua Camellias make a great hedge. They`re tougher and faster growing than their relatives, the slower growing, more formal, Camellia Japonica`s. This was always a must have, when planing the garden many years ago, and the perfect spot was right along the driveway. Even when not in flower the rest of the year, the hedge is a neat green screen that requires only occasional pruning and feeding - so relatively low maintenance. I hedge with sharp hand held hedgers, which give a neat clean…

White camellia hedge for the garden, classic, low maintenance and blooms a long time.

Wondering whether camellias are worth the bother? (The cliche of camellia is that it's a garish flower with bright yellow stamens and big…