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True red, single blooms with bright yellow centers adorn this beauty of a shrub. Lustrous foliage on this is evergreen and handsome all year. Yuletide blooms October through January, brightening cold and bleak days. Camellias require acidic soil, so choose a fertilizer that acidifies. We recommend Holly Tone from Espoma. All camellias should be planted where they will be sheltered from wind exposure, and harsh afternoon sun. Shade to part shade is best
A wonderful, evergreen perennial for the shade garden with broad, shiny leaves persist past frost, and are gloriously lush through fall. An area protected from harsh wind and sun exposure is best, so that it can remain truly green through winter. Harsh weather exposure will knock this fern’s foliage back, but even so, it’s the last one standing. Grows 2-3’ tall and wide. 
If I had a nickel for every person that asked us for an evergreen that didn’t get too tall or too wide, so they could plant it up by the entryway, in an urn, in between two windows….well, I’d be planting a whole bunch of these at my house instead of writing about them. Gold Cone reaches roughly 6’ high in about 10 years, with a 2-3’ width retaining a tight, congested form all year. New growth is yellow, providing excellent contrast if your home is a dark color. We’ve got these in a 4” size, perfect for winter containers and troughs, cute holiday table size, or a specimen 5’ size for instant landscape gratification. Plant in full sun, with well-drained soil. Gold Cone benefits from being sheared back some, in early spring.
