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Great Eastern Camellia
Camellia japonica ‘Great Eastern’
Everything is included in this price: the plant, free delivery and professional installation
The price you see is the whole job: the plant supplied, delivered free and professionally installed. Done for you.
Supplied in 150Ltypically 2.5 to 3.5m tall on delivery
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Sizes shown are the sizes we currently source in this species. If you need larger specimens, project quantities or a size not listed, our sourcing team can look for it through our national supplier network. We confirm your exact stock with you on the booking call before anything ships.
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After checkout, our team contacts you to confirm site access and book a day that suits. Most orders are delivered and planted within 2 to 4 weeks of your booking call. Nothing else for you to organise.
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Product Details
Overview & Specifications
Price includes everything: the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.
Great Eastern Camellia - Camellia japonica ‘Great Eastern’
‘Great Eastern’ is one of the historic Australian japonicas, an old garden cultivar that has stayed in cultivation because it is vigorous, upright and generous with very large deep rose red semi double blooms lit by a boss of golden stamens. It builds into a substantial shrub faster than most Camellia japonica cultivars, which makes it the one to reach for when a screen is wanted rather than a compact specimen. Flowering runs through the mid season, from mid winter into early spring.
Why Great Eastern
Large Semi Double Blooms: Broad petals part to show prominent golden stamens, giving the flower depth rather than flat symmetry.
Strong Colour: Deep rose red carries visually across a garden in a way pale cultivars do not.
Vigour: It grows faster and taller than most japonicas, filling a screening role within a few seasons.
Upright Framework: The habit is erect and well branched, holding foliage from ground level upward.
Historic Australian Cultivar: One of the long established japonicas of Australian gardens, still widely planted.
Ideal Applications
Tall evergreen screen: A row along a shaded boundary gives privacy plus a winter flowering display.
Backdrop shrub: Its height and dark foliage make a foil for hellebores, ferns and hydrangeas planted in front.
Feature against a wall: Trained loosely against a south facing wall it fills a vertical space with colour.
Heritage garden planting: It suits older properties where period appropriate cultivars matter.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 1.2m to 1.8m centres
Spacing (feature/avenue): 2.5m to 3m centres
Best Planting Season: Autumn or early spring
Soil & Drainage: Acidic, free draining soil rich in organic matter, pH 5.5 to 6.5. Keep it away from lime, mortar rubble and alkaline run off, all of which cause yellowing between the leaf veins.
Establishment Care: Water deeply twice a week through the first two summers so buds set properly in late summer and do not drop in autumn. Mulch to 75mm clear of the trunk, feed after flowering with an azalea and camellia food, and prune only in early spring immediately after the display finishes.
Plant Details
Height: 3m to 4m
Width: 2m to 3m
Growth Rate: Slow to moderate
Foliage: Evergreen
Light: Morning sun with afternoon shade, or filtered light
Native to: The species comes from Japan, Korea and eastern China
Flower Colour: Deep rose red
Delivery & Installation
Delivery and installation are included in your price
No freight calculators and no separate installation quote for a standard installation. Your price covers specialist plant transport, positioning and professional planting by our installation team. The whole job, handled.
- Wrapped, secured and transported by specialist plant freight.
- Professionally planted, staked and finished by our install team.
- Our team confirms site access and schedules a time that suits you.
Installation
Professional installation included, never extra
Every plant we sell is planted by our professional installation team, and it's already in the price. We coordinate the delivery, the machinery and the planting for standard site access, so your only job is choosing the tree. Unusual access or engineering requirements? We'll confirm everything with you after checkout before any work begins.
Questions? Send An EnquiryWhy Nursery Direct
Every price includes supply, delivery and installation
Buying a mature tree often means three separate jobs: the plant, the freight and finding someone to plant it. We price the whole job as one: the tree, the delivery and the professional install.
- One price: supplied, delivered and installed
- Mature trees and specimen palms at every scale
- National sourcing for hard-to-find stock
- Residential, estate and commercial projects
How It Works
Place your order. We do the rest.
We Supply
Premium advanced stock, selected from a national network of wholesale growers.
We Deliver
Specialist plant freight brings your order to your door. Free, anywhere in Australia.
We Install
Our professional team plants, stakes, mulches and finishes the job on site.







