You all have a very pretty house. I especially like the sidelights on either side of your front door and what appears to be a transom over the door. With camellias attaining a very large size at maturity, are you sure that you want to plant a pair at your front door steps and thus eventually hide the sidelights? If so, I think it would be a good idea to plant a low-growing one like _Camellia hiemalis_ 'Showa-no-Sakae,' or maybe _Camellia sasanqua_ 'Yuletide,' which grows slowly and is rather compact. _Camellia hiemalis_ 'Dawn' is a good white late fall and winter bloomer--with remarkably frost-resistant flower buds. Even though these cultivars take up less space at maturity than most camellias, I think they may grow too large for the planting space in question. And I would certainly hate to butcher a camellia by shearing it to keep it in bounds. A _Camellia rusticana_, or snow camellia, might be the solution. I think the snow camellia is naturally low-growing. Nuccio's offers a good selection of snow camellias in their mail order catalog.