Camellia japonica 'Lady Vansittart'
Lady Vansittart's Camellia
Camellia are evergreen shrubs which can be spreading or upright with shiny deep green leaves bearing lovely single or double white, pink, red or even bi-coloured flowers from late winter to mid spring. 'Lady Vansittart' has large, semi-double blooms in white with dark pink streaking, but can change from pure white to pure pink depending on light level and temperature.
Contributed by @icedance
-
Partial shade
-
Very little water
-
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
-
Free draining
Common name
Lady Vansittart's Camellia
Latin name
Camellia japonica 'Lady Vansittart'
type
Evergreen Shrub
family
Theaceae
ph
4.5 - 6.5 Acid - Neutral
-
Light
Partial shade
-
Frost
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
-
Soil
Free draining
-
Water
Very little water
Plant & bloom calendar
-
Best time to plant
-
When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
1.80 M
2.40 M
Camellia japonica 'Lady Vansittart'
Camellia are evergreen shrubs which can be spreading or upright with shiny deep green leaves bearing lovely single or double white, pink, red or even bi-coloured flowers from late winter to mid spring. 'Lady Vansittart' has large, semi-double blooms in white with dark pink streaking, but can change from pure white to pure pink depending on light level and temperature.
Planting Outdoors
From Late Autumn TO Early Spring
Plant container grown plants in late autumn or early spring. If growing in a container use ericaceous compost.
Propagation by cuttings
From Mid Summer TO Early Autumn
Semi hard wood cuttings are taken from the current years growth from late summer to mid autumn the bottom of the cuttings is hard and soft on the top. With a sharp knife take a cutting of about 14cms, remove lowest leaves, dip end into rooting hormone, and place round the edge of a pot filled with a suitable compost, water well, they must remain moist till rooted, place under glass but in semi shade.
Propagation by seed
From Mid Spring TO Early Summer
Sometimes seed pods will form after flowering and they can be dried and planted under glass in ericaceous compost
Flowering Season
From Late Winter TO Mid Spring
Lovely single or double white, pink, red or even bi-coloured flowers from late winter to early spring.
icedance