The Winter’s Snowman Ice Angels® Camellia, otherwise known as the Camellia X ‘Winter’S Snowman’ or Winter’s Charm’ Camellia, Cold-Hardy Camellias, Fall Blooming Camellias, Winter Blooming Camellias, Camellia Hybrids, Winter Series Camellias, Early Season Camellias, is a rather well known shrub plant by gardening enthusiasts around the world.
Best known for its low maintenance and moderate growth, this shrub will likely liven up your house (or garden) with its dark green colored leaves. But, only if you learn how to take proper care of it for it to thrive.
Fortunately, taking care of your Winter’s Snowman Ice Angels® Camellia is not too difficult – as long as you follow our guidelines in this Winter’s Snowman Ice Angels® Camellia Care Guide. Now let’s get started.
In order to take proper care of your Winter’s Snowman Ice Angels® Camellia you’ll need to keep in mind the following guidelines:
- Water: The Winter’s Snowman Ice Angels® Camellia needs soil that is constantly moist through regular watering.
- Light: Keep your Camellia X ‘Winter’S Snowman’ in an environment where it can receive filtered sun on a daily basis.
- Soil: Make sure to keep the Winter’s Snowman Ice Angels® Camellia in soil with moist but well-draining to well draining properties, so ideally, one that is made of sand, loam, and clay.
And as with many other plants, these are the only three care factors you need to remember to make sure your Winter’s Snowman Ice Angels® Camellia is, for the most part, healthy and well to survive.
Scientific / Botanical Aspects
In botanical terms, the Winter’s Snowman Ice Angels® Camellia belongs to the Theaceae family, and the genus Camellia, hence its scientific (or botanical) name Camellia X ‘Winter’S Snowman’ (kuh-MEE-lee-uh).
As with other Camellia’s, the Winter’s Snowman Ice Angels® Camellia is an evergreen plant, which means it will be present year round in your garden.
Growing Region
As a rule of thumb, we recommend to always keep in mind your plants’ native region and environment, since these are the conditions that your Winter’s Snowman Ice Angels® Camellia is most accustomed to, thus where it can most favorably.
With this in mind, the Camellia X ‘Winter’S Snowman’ will be most used to the heat zones in the 7 – 8 region, as the plant hardiness level falls between 6b, 6a, 7b, 7a, 8b, 8a, 9b, 9a and the ideal climate zone is between 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24.
Growth and Size
Growth
In terms of size and growth, the Winter’s Snowman Ice Angels® Camellia is a relatively moderate grower, which makes things somewhat easy for any plant enthusiast.
Size
But, what size of Winter’s Snowman Ice Angels® Camellia are we talking about? What can you expect in terms of height, spread and spacing? Let’s dig in…
The Camellia X ‘Winter’S Snowman’ can grow up to 4′ – 7′ (120cm – 210cm) in 4′ – 7′ (120cm – 210cm) and 4′ – 5′ (120cm – 150cm) in 4′ – 5′ (120cm – 150cm).
These dimensions make the Winter’s Snowman Ice Angels® Camellia a relatively large shrub compared to others, so it’s best to keep this fact in mind since it will affect where you want to keep yours at home.
Also, expect it to grow in a wonderful columnar, and compact shape, which is something worthwhile to remember when making your garden landscape plans.
This is why experts recommend keeping an area of approximately 48″ – 60″ (120cm – 150cm) free so the Winter’s Snowman Ice Angels® Camellia can spread to its best extent.
Water
In terms of watering, the Winter’s Snowman Ice Angels® Camellia is a fairly complicated plant to take care of.
This is mostly because it has a not so straightforward watering schedule and somewhat regular watering needs.
Specifically, most experts agree that the Camellia X ‘Winter’S Snowman’ needs soil that is constantly moist through regular watering.
Which is why it is considered a plant with relatively average needs in terms of water.
Watering
As a rule of thumb, you should remember to keep your Winter’s Snowman Ice Angels® Camellia in soil with moist but well-draining to well draining characteristics, as these will guarantee the right conditions for your plant to grow and thrive.
When you consider this, this is why you should aim to choose soil that has good drainage properties to keep the right moisture levels at all times.
In our experience, the famous ‘thumb’ or ‘finger’ test is what works best for the Winter’s Snowman Ice Angels® Camellia since with it, you will be able to give it the right amount of water, every time – regardless of the environment or placement where you do decide to keep it.
Soil Mix
As mentioned earlier, the Winter’s Snowman Ice Angels® Camellia prefers to have soil with good drainage properties at all times, reason why you need to make the soil mix out of sand, loam, and clay.
This is why most experts agree that the Winter’s Snowman Ice Angels® Camellia requires soil with high organic matter, which will give you the right conditions it needs.
In addition to this, expert gardeners recommend having preferably neutral to acid soil.
Light and Exposure
In terms of light & exposure, the Winter’s Snowman Ice Angels® Camellia requires filtered sun in order for it to thrive under the right conditions.
Most experts agree that this shrub will do well as long as you keep it in partial sun, and it will be able to grow properly.
Specifically, we recommend that you place your Camellia X ‘Winter’S Snowman’ in little to partial shade (only 2-6 hours of direct sunlight a day).
Season
Being an evergreen plant, the Winter’s Snowman Ice Angels® Camellia will be present year round in your garden.
But, you can expect it to have its ‘prime-time’ during the fall, and during the winter.
Flowers
You can expect your Winter’s Snowman Ice Angels® Camellia to flower around the fall months from October to December (fall).
In particular, this shrub is well known for its flowers for cutting and showy flowers around the plant enthusiast community.
The Winter’s Snowman Ice Angels® Camellia produces some beautiful white, or pink and purple/lavender flowers around this time of year.
Foliage
The leaves from the Winter’s Snowman Ice Angels® Camellia have a beautiful dark green color during most of the year.
In particular, they have a simple arrangement with a alternate organization in its leaves.
Garden
Now, let’s talk garden and how your Winter’s Snowman Ice Angels® Camellia will look best in it.
Most Camellia X ‘Winter’S Snowman’ owners agree that this shrub will look great in most asian/zen and cottage gardens of all types.
Other owners consider that they complement well most gardens of japanese garden, city and courtyard, informal and cottage, and in traditional garden styles.
In particular, the Winter’s Snowman Ice Angels® Camellia’s best location within your garden is in patio and containers, beds and borders, hedges and screens, and in wall-side borders, others use it for landscaping in a privacy screen, mass planting, container, border, cutting garden, espalier, or a woodland garden.
Companion Plants
Winter’s Snowman Ice Angels® Camellia’s do well with some other plants beside it. One good companion plant is the plant with Azalea, which will pair up nicely with your leafy friend.
Others consider that a nice Japanese Maple, Fern, Dogwood and Rhododendron. For those shady beds close to your outdoor patios, create a moonlight garden with white blooming Astilbe, Hydrangea, and Clematis. Provide some filtered shade with small stature, white blooming trees like Apple Serviceberry, and Crabapple. will work well too, so choose whichever you find works best for you!
Conclusion
So that’s it! These are the main plant care requirements that you need to keep in mind in order to have a healthy Winter’s Snowman Ice Angels® Camellia in your garden or home.
