Botanical Name: Common Names:
Camellia sasanqua TBA
Native: Foliage Type:
No Evergreen
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
Hedging / Screening, Trees Dense, Upright
Description:
Popular Camellia with many cultivars available. Much more sun tolerant than Camellia japonica. An evergreen shrub growing to 5m tall. Glossy green, elliptic leaves and showy autumn blooms that flourish throughout winter. Use as an beautiful hedge hedge or screen, for topiary or espalier.
Mature Height: Mature Width:
4-10m 2-4m
Position: Soil Type:
Full Sun, Semi Shade Loam, Sandy, Well Drained
Landscape Use(s)
Formal Garden, Hedging / Screening, Topiary / Espalier
Pests & Diseases: Bud Drop, Mites, Petal Blight, Sooty Mould
Cultural Notes: Prefers well drained, humus rich soil with ph 5.5 - 6.5. Full sun to semi shade, mulch well as Camellias are shallow rooted. Prune after flowering if required. Fertilise with a Camellia specific slow release fertiliser late summer. Water well in dry periods.
Plant Care
Annual slow release fertiliser, Keep moist during dry periods, Mulch well
Family Name: Origin:
Theaceae Asia
Characteristics
Foliage Colour: Green
Flower Colour: Burgundy, Cream, Pink, White, Yellow, Red
Flower Fragrant: No
Flowering Season: Autumn
Fruit: Insignificant
Requirements Tolerances
Growth Rate: Moderate
Maintenance Level: Medium
Water Usage: Medium / Moderate
Drought: Medium / Moderate
Frost: Moderate
Wind: Medium / Moderate
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