Camellia sasanqua 'Rainbow'
Camellia
Has a strong, upright habit. Exceptional tolerance to the cold weather with fragrant flowers. Smaller flowers, but produced in large quantities. White, red-tinted buds open to white flowers flushed with pink in autumn and winter.
Exotic
Evergreen
Hedging and screening
Attracts bees
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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 'Rainbow'
Common Name: Camellia
Description and Features
Description: Has a strong, upright habit. Exceptional tolerance to the cold weather with fragrant flowers. Smaller flowers, but produced in large quantities. White, red-tinted buds open to white flowers flushed with pink in autumn and winter.
Height: 3m
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, White
Winter: Pink, White
Spring: None