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Camellia sasanqua 'Chansonette's Blush'


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Camellia sasanqua 'Chansonette's Blush' offers beautiful light to mid pink flowers in profusion on wide-spreading plants.


Description:
'Chansonette's Blush' offers beautiful light to mid pink flowers in profusion on wide-spreading - even ground-covering plants - that grow 2-3 feet tall and up to 8 feet wide. Camellia sasanqua bloom from fall through the winter into early spring with fragrant flowers. In Japan their leaves are used for tea and the seeds for tea seed oil. Camellias appreciate rich, acidic, moist, well-draining soils. Use in the light shady garden as an accent or specimen plant or in containers and as cut flowers. Somewhat deer resistant. Plant in a protected location in zone 7.


Common Name: Camellia

Family: Theaceae (The Tea family)

Zone Hardiness: 7-9

Light: Full Shade, Part Shade, Part Sun

Height: 2-4'

Width: 5-8'

Primary Bloom Colour: Pink

Secondary Bloom Colour: White/Cream

Class: Evergreen

Type: Shrub

Bloom Time: Fall - Spring

Soil Moisture: Average, Moist

Stem Colour:

Fragrance: Yes

Berries: No

Benefits:

Deer Resistant: Yes

BC Native: No

Native Habitat: A forest understory and forest edge shrub of hills and mountains from 300-1,100 metres elevation.

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Geogrpahical Origin: Asia and the Pacific - Asia - China and Japan

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