Sasanqua Camellia. Camellia sasanqua is one of the loveliest fall flowers graceful in form tender in color and pleasing in fragrance. It is an evergreen shrub growing to 5 m tall.
Cooperative extension which staffs local offices in all 100 counties and with the eastern band of cherokee indians. Camellia sasanqua with common name sasanqua camellia is a species of camellia native to china and japan. Unlike most camellias they are tolerant of hot sun and for this reason are widely grown in australia and california.
It is usually found growing up to an altitude of 900 metres.
As summer fades and the leaves begin to turn this camellia opens with aplomb the camellia season. The flowers are 5 7 cm diameter with 5 8 white to dark pink petals. Cooperative extension which staffs local offices in all 100 counties and with the eastern band of cherokee indians. Most are varieties of camellia sasanqua with a few assigned to the closely related species camellia hiemalis and camellia x vernalis and as a group are often just refered to as sasanqua camellias.