Alabama Beauty Camellia |
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Theaceae Camellia Sasanqua Alabama Beauty |
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Grows In | Zone 7A · 0° to 5° F through Zone 9B · 25° to 30° F |
Sun Exposure | Full / Mostly Sun, Morning Sun / Evening Shade, Morning Shade / Evening Sun |
Soil Drainage | Moderately Drained |
Resistent To | Deer Resistant, Drought, Disease, Heat |
Flower Color | Red |
Blooms | Fall Blooms |
Foliage Color | Medium Green |
Average Height | 12' to 15' |
Average Width | 6' to 8' |
Attracts | Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Wildlife, Songbirds / Birds |
Camellia Sasanqua 'Alabama Beauty' is a moderate growing shrub that can be grown in USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 7A through 9B. It matures to an average height of 12 feet to 15 feet and an average width of 6 feet to 8 feet, depending on climate and other environmental factors. It prefers growing in a location that provides full sun, morning sun with afternoon shade or morning shade with afternoon sun and grows best when planted in sand, loam, clay or silt soil that is moderately drained. In the fall Alabama Beauty Camellia produces red flowers. The foliage is medium green in color. It attracts butterflies, hummingbirds, wildlife and songbirds / birds and is resistant to deer, drought, diseases and heat.
Alabama Beauty Camellia can be useful in the landscape in containers or planters, as a border or edger, as a background, in shrub borders, around decks, swimming pools, and other outdoor living areas, as a groundcover or in landscape beds or islands and also in rock or xeriscape gardens, cottage gardens or perennial gardens.