Botanical Name: Common Names:
Camellia sasanqua Chansonette TBA
Native: Foliage Type:
No Evergreen
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
Groundcovers, Hedging / Screening, Shrubs Dense, Pendulous, Spreading
Description:
Camellia sasanquas are popular evergreen shrubs or small trees with small, glossy green foliage and showy flowers. Sasanquas can tolerate more direct sunlight than Camellia japonica. These are long lived, tough and widely used for hedging, as feature plants and for topiary and espalier. Camellia Chansonette has a pendulous habit and bright pink double blooms in autumn and winter. Grows approx 1m tall and 2.5m wide.
Mature Height: Mature Width:
60cm-1m 2-4m
Position: Soil Type:
Full Sun, Semi Shade Loam, Sandy, Well Drained
Landscape Use(s)
Bird Attracting, Borders / Shrubbery, Courtyard, Cut Flower, Feature, Formal Garden, Groundcover, Hedging / Screening, Mass Planting, Container / Pot
Pests & Diseases: Aphids, Bud Drop, Scale, Sooty Mould, Thrips, Yellow Leaves
Cultural Notes:
Plant Care
Annual slow release fertiliser, Keep moist during dry periods, Mulch well
Family Name: Origin:
Theaceae Asia
Characteristics
Foliage Colour: Green
Flower Colour: Pink
Flower Fragrant: No
Flowering Season: TBA
Fruit: Insignificant
Requirements Tolerances
Growth Rate: Moderate
Maintenance Level: Low
Water Usage: Medium / Moderate
Drought: Medium / Moderate
Frost: Moderate
Wind: Medium / Moderate
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