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Camellia sasanqua

Christmas Camellia (Camellia sasanqua)

Camellia sasanqua
Christmas Camellia
A mature sasanqua is smaller than Camellia japonica. Upright selections can grow 4 to 14 feet high and wide. Mounding types, popularly called dwarf sasanquas, grow only 2 to 5 feet tall and wide.A sasanqua's leaves are beautiful, with many types emerging coppery-bronze and maturing to glossy, deep green. These leaves are about half the size of a common camellia's and much less coarse.
EvergreenFlowerForm
China Japan
4 - 15 FT
0 - 0
Y
Dark Green
Leathery : Serrate
Shrub : Tree
Fall : Winter
Average
Morning Sun : Shade : Filtered Light : Light Shade
Acid : Loam : Rich : Well-drained
Drought Tolerant : Heavy : Medium

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