Camellia japonica ‘Lady Vansittart’
Camellia japonica 'Lady Vansittart' can have red or white flowers or bicolour flowers in any combination of red, white, or pink!
Camellia japonica is a stunning specimen for milder gardens with glossy, dark-green, broadly elliptic, evergreen leaves accented with lovely, rose-like flowers in early spring. ‘Lady Vansittart’ is an intriguing heirloom cultivar from 1887 with flowers that can be all red or all white or any combination of those two colours including mixing them to form pink all on the same plant at the same time! Camellias appreciate rich, acidic, moist, well-draining soils. Use in the light shady garden as an accent or specimen plant, a hedge, or an espalier, or in containers and as cut flowers. Somewhat deer resistant. Plant in a protected location in zone 7. Photo: Wikipedia.
Common Name: Camellia - [RFT Pre-Order]
Family: Theaceae (The Tea family)
Zone Hardiness: 7-10
Light: Part Sun, Part Shade, Full Shade
Height: 6-10'
Width: 5-8'
Primary Bloom Colour: Red
Secondary Bloom Colour: White/Cream
Foliage Colour: Green
Class: Evergreen
Type: Shrub
Bloom Time: Spring, Winter
Soil Moisture: Average, Moist
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Fragrance: Yes
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Deer Resistant: Unknown
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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