Camellia sasanqua Paradise Blush

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Long-lasting frilly white flowers with a watercolour blush of soft pink around the outer edges. Makes a charming evergreen 4m shrub, hedge, or screen.

Sasanqua camellias do much better than the japonica types in a warmer humid climate, and will flower earlier too.

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Description

Camellia sasanqua 'Paradise Blush'

APPEARANCE : Evergreen shrubs to 3m with displays of flowers in autumn and early winter. Long lasting flowers are semi double, white blushed with soft rosy pink. Sasanqua Camellias have smaller leaves and more dense foliage than the Japonica varieties. They are more sun tolerant, better in warmer climates, and earlier flowering.
USE FOR : Ideal for espaliers and large pots, feature planting, informal hedges
CLIMATE : Should come through a light frost once established. Shelter from strong winds and exposed sites.
PLANTING : Sunny or partly shaded position with morning or afternoon sun. Plant in a free draining soil, neutral to acid pH, rich in organic matter. A potting mix rich with humus is ideal added at the time of planting.
CARE : Mulch and water well, prune after flowering and fertilise in Spring.
MATURE HEIGHT & WIDTH: 4m H x 3m W.

YOUR PLANTS : These are tubestock plants, healthy young plants with new roots that will establish quickly in your garden. The pot size is 80mm high and 42 mm wide.
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