Chansonette’s Blush Camellia
$51.00 Original price was: $51.00.$15.30Current price is: $15.30.
1000 in stock
SKU: MYFhxcEQBf
Category: Flowering Shrubs
LIGHT: Filtered sun, Full shade, Partial shade
WATER: Water when top 3 inches of soil is dry.
SIZE: Moderate growing; reaches 2 to 3 ft. tall, 8 ft. wide.
| Description | A delightful new color variation on a favorite, this showy, low growing camellia displays profuse, soft pink flowers on glossy dark green leaves. Flowers are perfect for cutting. An excellent choice for a natural hedge, espalier, or groundcover in shaded settings. A mid-season bloomer. Evergreen. |
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| Bloom Time | Fall through winter |
| Deciduous/Evergreen | Evergreen |
| Special Features | Non-toxic to Cats and Dogs |
| Growth Rate | Moderate |
| Flower Attributes | Flowers for Cutting, Long Bloom Season, Showy Flowers |
| Patent Act | Asexual reproduction of plants protected by the Plant Patent Act is prohibited during the life of the patent. |
| Landscape Use | Border, Container, Hedge |
| Design Ideas | Excellent choice for cool, shade to semi-shade settings as a colorful low hedge, espalier, or groundcover due to its short, pendulous habit. A great addition to an Asian inspired garden or in mass at the front fringe of a woodland setting. Ideal for filling a tree understory, where its glossy leaves and cool season color will add interest. This is a well-behaved shrub for planting between taller structures or along a fence line, allowed to spill over a raised planter, or from hanging baskets or pots, where its branches will gently soften the edges. |
| Flower Color | Pink |
| Foliage Color | Dark Green |
| Companion Plants | Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum); Lily of the Valley Shrub (Pieris); Rhododendron (Rhododendron); Magnolia (Magnolia); Cedar (Cedrus) |
| Care Instructions | Provide organically rich, well-drained, acidic soil. Keep roots cool with a thick layer of mulch. Water deeply and regularly during the first growing season to establish an extensive root system; reduce frequency, once established. Prune lightly to shape and feed with an acid fertilizer after flowering. |
| History | This unique new plant was discovered as a sport, growing on a Camellia sasanqua ‘Chansonette’, at Monrovia Nursery’s Venice Hills nursery in Visalia, California. It exhibits the traits of its parent, with lighter pink flowers. Sometimes referred to as Christmas Camellias, the sasanqua varieties of Camellia are native to the evergreen, coastal forests of southern Japan. It was introduced by Dutch traders into Europe in 1869. Chansonette is a seedling of Shishi Gashira originated by Marjorie Washburne of Port Arthur, TX. The Japanese use the leaves of sasanqua to make tea, and the seeds are pressed into tea seed oil for use as a lubricant and in cooking and cosmetics. |