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Pope John XXIII Camellia (Espalier)
Camellia japonica ‘Pope John XXIII’
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Supplied in 500mm
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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.
Pope John XXIII Camellia (Espalier) - Camellia japonica ‘Pope John XXIII’
This is Camellia japonica ‘Pope John XXIII’ grown flat and trained onto a frame, so the plant presents as a living panel rather than a shrub. The variety carries large formal double white flowers of near geometric regularity, and pressing the plant into two dimensions puts every one of them on show against the wall behind. Espaliered camellia is the answer to a shaded south or east facing wall where climbers look untidy and rendered blankness needs breaking up.
Why Pope John XXIII Camellia
Formal double flower: The white blooms are tightly and evenly petalled, holding their shape on the plant instead of blowing open.
Flat growth habit: Trained on a frame it holds a depth of only 300 to 400mm off the wall, which keeps narrow beds and side passages usable.
Shade performance: It flowers well in morning sun and dappled shade, where most wall trained fruit and flowering plants will not.
Evergreen face: Glossy dark leaves cover the frame all year, so the panel never reduces to bare wire and stems in winter.
Long service life: Camellias are slow, long lived plants, and a trained specimen holds its shape for decades with only light annual tying and trimming.
Ideal Applications
Shaded wall panel: On a south or east facing rendered or brick wall it converts a blank face into a flowering green surface.
Narrow side passage: Its shallow trained depth suits the 600 to 900mm bed beside a path where a normal shrub would block passage.
Courtyard privacy screen: Set on a freestanding frame it works as a green divider between a courtyard and a neighbouring outlook.
Framed repeat feature: Two or three panels at 2.5 to 3m centres read as a deliberate rhythm along a long boundary wall.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 1.5m to 2m along a wall for a continuous face
Spacing (feature/avenue): 2.5m to 3m for separate framed panels
Best Planting Season: Autumn to early spring, avoiding the heat of midsummer
Soil & Drainage: Acidic, humus rich and free draining, ideally pH 5.5 to 6.5; never plant into wet clay without raising the bed
Establishment Care: Camellias are shallow rooted, so mulch generously and never dig or cultivate around the base. Water deeply through the first two summers, especially where a wall reflects heat, and feed with a camellia or azalea formulation straight after flowering finishes.
Plant Details
Height: 2m to 2.5m as trained, up to 3m if the frame allows
Width: 1.5m to 2.5m across the trained face
Growth Rate: Slow to Moderate
Foliage: Evergreen
Light: Morning sun to dappled shade, protected from hot afternoon sun and drying wind
Native to: Species native to Japan, Korea and eastern China; the cultivar is of garden origin
Flower Colour: White, formal double
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.
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How It Works
Place your order. We do the rest.
We Supply
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We Deliver
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We Install
Our professional team plants, stakes, mulches and finishes the job on site.







