Plant: Almost Orange - Camellia sas.
Camellia sas. · Camellia sasanqua 'Almost Orange'
Size: 3 gal
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More about this plant
A bushy, compact sasanqua camellia of average growth rate carrying dark green, glossy and leathery leaves 1 to 3 inches long. Its semidouble flowers open early in the season in a highly variable salmon, orange and rose colouring, set off by gold anthers and yellow filaments, an unusual warm tone among fall camellias. It grows best in partial shade sheltered from full sun and drying wind, in a moist, well drained soil rich in organic matter and slightly acid. The compact habit suits accents, foundation plantings, informal hedges and containers.
- 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
A bushy, compact sasanqua camellia of average growth rate carrying dark green, glossy and leathery leaves 1 to 3 inches long. Its semidouble flowers open early in the season in a highly variable salmon, orange and rose colouring, set off by gold anthers and yellow filaments, an unusual warm tone among fall camellias. It grows best in partial shade sheltered from full sun and drying wind, in a moist, well drained soil rich in organic matter and slightly acid. The compact habit suits accents, foundation plantings, informal hedges and containers.
- Flowers
- Semidouble flowers of a highly variable salmon, orange and rose colouring with gold anthers and yellow filaments, opening early in the season.
- 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
