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Family: Theaceae (tee-AY-see-ay) (Info) Genus: Camellia (kuh-MEE-lee-a) (Info) Species: japonica (juh-PON-ih-kuh) (Info) Cultivar: Professor Charles Sargent
Hardiness: USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F) USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F) USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F) USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F) USDA Zone 10a: to -1.1 °C (30 °F) USDA Zone 10b: to 1.7 °C (35 °F)
On Mar 31, 2005, scutler from Charleston, SC (Zone 8b) wrote:
Developed at Magnolia Gardens, Charleston, SC in 1925. Blooms around Christmas time. Full peony-type flowers are a rich, dark red.
This is probably my 2nd favorite of all my camellias. The blooms are full, tight peony style - to me they look like carnations - and are a rich, dark crimson color that I have not been able to capture on a photograph. It is entirely carefree. I do nothing more than "hack" it back after it blooms. It is growing in deep shade on the North side of my house. It blooms heavily each year starting around Christmas and continuing into early March.
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Fallbrook, California La Jolla, California Laguna Beach, California San Clemente, California Savannah, Georgia Conway, South Carolina Broaddus, Texas Houston, Texas
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