Plant: Autumn Pink Icicle - Camellia sas.
Camellia sas. · Camellia sasanqua 'Autumn Pink Icicle'
Size: 3 gal
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More about this plant
An upright, densely branched camellia of vigorous growth carrying glossy, leathery dark green leaves 1 to 3 inches long. Semidouble deep pink flowers with light yellow anthers and filaments open early to midseason, giving colour through fall and into winter. It does best in partial shade sheltered from full sun and drying wind, in moist, well drained soil rich in organic matter and slightly acid. The dense upright form makes it useful as a screen, an informal hedge or a foundation shrub.
- Part Shade
- Grows to 14 ft tall and 7 ft wide
- Blooms in fall, winter
- Hardy in USDA zones 7a-9b
- Evergreen foliage
Plant description
An upright, densely branched camellia of vigorous growth carrying glossy, leathery dark green leaves 1 to 3 inches long. Semidouble deep pink flowers with light yellow anthers and filaments open early to midseason, giving colour through fall and into winter. It does best in partial shade sheltered from full sun and drying wind, in moist, well drained soil rich in organic matter and slightly acid. The dense upright form makes it useful as a screen, an informal hedge or a foundation shrub.
- Flowers
- Semidouble flowers are deep pink with light yellow anthers and light yellow filaments, opening early to midseason.
- Foliage
- Simple, alternate, glossy leathery elliptical to ovate leaves 1 to 3 inches long with serrate margins, dark green and long lasting.
- Fruit
- A loculicidal woody capsule about 1 inch long, ripening in fall.
- Bark & stems
- Slender stems, often reddish to purplish when young.
- Pruning
- Camellias require very little pruning except for the removal of damaged branches; severe cutting back is done from mid February to about May 1, after flowering.
- Native range
- Japan
