Camellia sasanqua 'Plantation Pink'
Camellia


Vigorous and fast-growing. An upright grower with masses of large, sweet-scented, single to semi-double, soft-pink flowers with a wonderful boss of golden-yellow stamens. The blooms are produced over a fairly long period from early-autumn to early-winter.
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Taxonomy and Etymology
Family: Theaceae, tea family, a family of flowering trees and shrubs. Most but not all species are native to China and East Asia.
Genus: Camellia, camellia (Latinised), named by Carl Linnaeus (1707 - 1778) after the botanist Georg Joseph Kamel (1661 - 1706), who worked in the Philippines and described a species of camellia. Commonly known as camellia, a genus of flowering plants native to eastern and southern Asia.
Species: Camellia sasanqua, sasanqua, named by Carl Peter Thunberg (1743 - 1828) and derived from the Japanese noun sazanka which is the Japanese name for Camellia sasanqua. This species is native to China and Japan.
Cultivar: Camellia sasanqua 'Plantation Pink'
Common Name: Camellia
Description and Features
Description: Vigorous and fast-growing. An upright grower with masses of large, sweet-scented, single to semi-double, soft-pink flowers with a wonderful boss of golden-yellow stamens. The blooms are produced over a fairly long period from early-autumn to early-winter.
Height: 4m
Width: 2m
Uses: Hedging and screening, Attracts bees
Winter Foliage: Evergreen
Origin: Exotic
Foliage:
Summer: Green
Autumn: Green
Winter: Green
Spring: Green
Flowers:
Summer: None
Autumn: Pink
Winter: Pink
Spring: None