Leslie Ann Camellia Sasanqua |
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Theaceae Camellia Sasanqua Leslie Ann |
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Grows In | Zone 7A · 0° to 5° F through Zone 9B · 25° to 30° F |
Sun Exposure | Morning Sun / Evening Shade, Dappled Light / Filtered Sun |
Soil Drainage | Well Drained |
Resistent To | Deer Resistant, Heat |
Flower Color | Pink, White |
Blooms | Fall Blooms |
Foliage Color | Dark Green |
Average Height | 6' to 8' |
Average Width | 3' to 4', 4' to 6' |
Attracts | Visual Attention |
Camellia Sasanqua 'Leslie Ann' is a moderate growing shrub that can be grown in USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 7A through 9B. It matures to an average height of 6 feet to 8 feet and an average width of 3 feet to 6 feet, depending on climate and other environmental factors. It prefers growing in a location that provides morning sun with afternoon shade or filtered sun and grows best when planted in sand, loam, clay or silt soil that is well drained. In the fall Leslie Ann Camellia Sasanqua produces pink and white flowers. The foliage is dark green in color. It attracts visual attention and is resistant to deer and heat.
Leslie Ann Camellia Sasanqua can be useful in the landscape along woodland borders, in foundation plantings, as a background, in shrub borders, under a shade tree, as a focal point, in landscape beds or islands, to frame the corners of a home or other building, to add property value or grown flat against a wall and also in theme gardens, cottage gardens or shade gardens.
Noteworthy Characteristics
'Leslie Ann' is one of the finest landscape camellias to come out of America in recent times. This stunning variety received the Ralph Peer Sasanqua Award in 1961. The blooms open initially as a formal double. Usually within a day, the flowers continue to open up into a semi-double form. The most striking feature of the white flowers of is the unique lavender pink border around each petal.
Uses
Leslie Ann camellia is a lower growing shrub that is useful in home foundation plantings, in small to large groupings in landsca[pe beds, or in straight or curved rows to form attractive, evergreen hedges and screens.
Culture
Camellias prefer a fertile, moist but well-drained, acidic soil. Constantly soggy soil is a slow killer. Your new camellia should not need regular watering after the first year unless there are extended periods of dry weather during summer. Camellias do best in partial shade or filtered sun. Avoid afternoon direct sun
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USDA Zones: 7-9
Species: Sasanqua
Bloom Color: White with lavender-pink petal edges
Bloom Size: 3-4 inches
Bloom Form: Semi-Double / Double
Bloom Season: Fall to Mid Winter
Growth Habit: Rounded, Dense, Compact, Weeping
Maintainable Height: 4-6 feet
Maintainable Width: 4-5 feet
Light Preferences: Filtered shade to light sun
Plant Uses: Low Hedge, Landscape Beds, Flowering Shrub Borders, Small Groupings, Large Groupings, Specimen, Foundation Plant, Espalier, Large Containers