After blooming its little heart out for over a month, my camellia shrub with the medium pink blooms ended the cycle of blooming. And then one day I noticed another, brighter, bloom. Instead of the paler pink, the bloom was now this corally color! Gorgeous!

Thinking this might be the last bloom of the 2026 season, I decided to photograph it each day as it opened up.

It was a fun exercise and reveals such beauty in the natural process.

And when it was fully open, it was the much lighter pink of the earlier blooms!

And I have a 2nd camellia shrub that has very pale pink blossoms. It is still going strong, as you can see below!

And just for kicks; in my neighborhood there many mature camellia shrubs, which is a foreshadowing of how big mine could eventually become! You’ll see what I mean!