Camellia sasanqua 'Starry Eyes'
Camellia 'Starry Eyes'
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. Camellia sasanqua is an Autumn-flowering camellia, flowering from mid Autumn to mid Winter - depending on the cultivar. Sasanqua camellias can be grown in soils that are nearer to a neutral ph, and will also tolerate drier or wetter conditions better than most other camellias. They also grow well in higher light than other camellias, and so are best grown in a sunny, sheltered position. Some of the compact varieties make plants for growing in containers.The more shrubby varieties can be grown as hedging.'Starry Eyes' bears abundant large, semi-double, slightly scented white blooms in autumn and winter. A vigorous evergreen shrub growing to a height of approximately 2.5 metres. Ideal for screening, hedging or as an espalier.
Contributed by @Nannaida
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Partial shade
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Very little water
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Free draining
Common name
Camellia 'Starry Eyes'
Latin name
Camellia sasanqua 'Starry Eyes'
type
Evergreen Shrub
family
Theaceae
ph
4.5 - 6.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Partial shade
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Frost
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Soil
Free draining
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Water
Very little water
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
2.50 M
2.50 M
Camellia sasanqua 'Starry Eyes'
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. Camellia sasanqua is an Autumn-flowering camellia, flowering from mid Autumn to mid Winter - depending on the cultivar. Sasanqua camellias can be grown in soils that are nearer to a neutral ph, and will also tolerate drier or wetter conditions better than most other camellias. They also grow well in higher light than other camellias, and so are best grown in a sunny, sheltered position. Some of the compact varieties make plants for growing in containers.The more shrubby varieties can be grown as hedging.'Starry Eyes' bears abundant large, semi-double, slightly scented white blooms in autumn and winter. A vigorous evergreen shrub growing to a height of approximately 2.5 metres. Ideal for screening, hedging or as an espalier.
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
From Mid Autumn TO Mid Winter
The Autumn flowering camellias bloom from mid to late Autumn until mid Winter - depending on the cultivar
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