General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6b -20.6 °C (-5 °F) to -17.8 °C (0 °F)
Plant Height: 10 to 20 feet
Plant Spread: 10 to 15 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Broadleaf
Fruit: Other: 1/2 to 1 inch woody capsules
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Pink
White
Bloom Size: 2"-3"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Fall
Late fall or early winter
Winter
Uses: Provides winter interest
Flowering Tree
Cut Flower
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Pollinators: Bees

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Common names
  • Camellia
  • Sasanqua

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Location: Charleston, SC
Date: 2015-12-06
An old Sasanqua that blooms for most of December and January here
Location: Nationale Plantentuin (Meise - Brussel - Belgium)
Location: Botanical Garden of the University of Münster
Location: Botanical Garden of the University of Münster
Date: 2017-09-19
Location: Charleston, SC
Date: 2019-12-03
Sasanqua in my neighborhood
Location: Nationale Plantentuin (Meise - Brussel - Belgium)
Date: 2019-10-21
Location: Utrecht Botanical Garden
Date: 2021-10-10
Visitor is Eristalis tenax
Location: Johns Island, SC
Date: 2013-10-14
A huge, unnamed Sasanqua that buzzed with pollinators when in blo
Location: Nationale Plantentuin (Meise - Brussel - Belgium)

Date: c. 1954
photo from the 1954 catalog, Wayside Gardens, Mentor, Ohio
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-02-07 
Unknown Camellia sasanqua
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2017-11-19
Camellia Sasanqua 002

Photo courtesy of Camellia Forest Nursery

Photo courtesy of Camellia Forest Nursery
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2013-01-10
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-01-30 
Unknown Camellia sasanqua growing in my new yard
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2017-11-19
Camellia Sasanqua 003
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2013-01-10
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-11-29
Location: Arbor Gate Nursery, Tomball, TX
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Location: Arbor Gate Nursery, Tomball, TX
  • Uploaded by jon
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