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Sometimes planning a garden involves patience. But there are limits, and what feels like a good idea at first, doesn't always ...
When Paul Mezo sees a Camellia sasanqua in bloom, it tells him one thing. “It’s how you know it’s fall,” said Mezo, a horticulturist at Banting’s Nursery on River Road in Bridge City.
Plant Camellia sasanqua for more reasons than aesthetics. In the past I grew Camellia sasanqua for the attractive winter flowers that contrast so beautifully with the dark-green evergreen foliage.
The camellias we grow in the landscape in Florida are typically Camellia japonica, Camellia sasanqua, and their varieties, and hybrids. Camellia japonica cultivars and hybrids are the most common ...
Camellia sasanqua 'Apple Blossom' is an upright, evergreen shrub that produces its lovely pink flowers late in the year -- flowering begins in October and continues into winter. The flowers are ...
Jeanne Garman Major pruning to sasanquas (Camellia sasanqua) should be done in the late winter after they finish blooming. They can be pruned as late as April, but as we get into May and later ...
Imagine a rose with gorgeous leaves that blooms all winter long. It may seem too good to be true in our cold climate, but let me introduce you to Camellias. These subtropical shrubs will bring a ...
Your advice is always appreciated. A: Your plant is a sasanqua camellia, which is hardier than the Japonica camellias. The buds in this picture are flower buds and should open soon. It has been an ...
Both Camellia sasanqua (C. sasanqua) and Camellia japonica (C. japonica) are long-lasting broadleaf evergreen shrubs and small trees in the tea family Theaceae, originating in eastern and southern ...
The large white showy blooms of camellia sasanqua Setsugekka are ruffled and the plant is cold hardy. Egao Corkscrew is an unusual pink camellia with zigzag branches that look great in the garden ...