Scientific Name: Camellia sasanqua
Common Name: sasanqua camellia
Family Name: Theaceae
Origin: S.E. Asia / Japan / China
Hardiness Zone: Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C)
Plant Type: Broadleaf evergreen
Mature Size: 3 - 5m x 2 - 3m (height x width)
Habit: Spreading, Upright
Form: Oval - vertical
Texture: Medium
Landscape Uses: Container planting, Cut flower or foliage, Mixed shrub border, Specimen plant, Winter interest
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Sheltered
Soil or Media: Acidic, Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Glabrous, Lustrous, Elliptic, Oblong, Serrate
Flowers: Flowers solitary, White, Pink, Red, Oct-Nov-Dec
Fruit: Capsule, Dark-red, Sep-Oct
Key ID Features:
Stems pubescent (in contrast to the glabrous stems of <a href ='https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Camellia+japonica%22+stems' target='_blank'>C. japonica</a>); leaves elliptic, most blades 3-7cm long x 2-3cm wide; lustrous dark green, margins crenulate.