Plant: Alabama Beauty - Camellia sas.
Camellia sas. · Camellia sasanqua 'Alabama Beauty'
Size: 3 gal
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More about this plant
A Southern Living Plant Collection selection with an upright, dense habit reaching 12 to 15 feet tall and 6 to 8 feet wide, clothed in glossy dark green evergreen leaves. Rosy red semidouble blooms appear profusely from fall through early winter and draw birds and butterflies. It takes full sun to part shade with medium water in a moist, well drained, organically rich and slightly acid soil, and is hardy to about 0 degrees F. The size and density make it an excellent screen or hedge, and it also works in mixed borders, foundation plantings and near entryways.
- Part Shade
- Grows to 15 ft tall and 8 ft wide
- Blooms in fall, winter
- Hardy in USDA zones 7a-9b
- Evergreen foliage
Plant description
A Southern Living Plant Collection selection with an upright, dense habit reaching 12 to 15 feet tall and 6 to 8 feet wide, clothed in glossy dark green evergreen leaves. Rosy red semidouble blooms appear profusely from fall through early winter and draw birds and butterflies. It takes full sun to part shade with medium water in a moist, well drained, organically rich and slightly acid soil, and is hardy to about 0 degrees F. The size and density make it an excellent screen or hedge, and it also works in mixed borders, foundation plantings and near entryways.
- Flowers
- Rosy red semidouble blooms appear profusely from fall through early winter.
- 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
- Requires minimal maintenance; prune lightly after flowering and fertilize once each spring.
- Native range
- Japan
