Autumn Rocket Camellia Sasanqua - 1 Gallon Pot
$32.88
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Autumn Rocket Camellia Sasanqua - 1 Gallon Pot
$32.88
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$32.88
Regular price
$34.00
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Description
Autumn Rocket Camellia
Camellia sasanqua 'Autumn Rocket'
Plant Details
USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 7a-9b Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Evergreen Flowering Shrub
Species: Sasanqua (Fall blooming)
Height at Maturity: 8-10'
Width at Maturity: 3-4'
Spacing: 3' for solid hedges; 6'+ for space between plants
Spacing: 3' for solid hedges; 6'+ for space between plants
Flower Color: White with Creamy Yellow centers
Flower Size: 3"
Flowering Period: Fall
Flower Type: Anemone Form, Double
Fragrant Flowers: No
Foliage Color: Dark Green
Fragrant Foliage: No
Berries: No
Berry Color: NA
Sun Needs: Morning Sun with Afternoon Shade or Filtered Sun, All Day Filtered Sun
Water Needs: Average, Lower when established
Soil Type: Clay (amended), Loam, Sand (amended), Silt
Soil Moisture / Drainage: Well Drained Moist
Soil pH: 5.0 - 6.5 (Acid)
Maintenance / Care: Low
Resistances: Deer - more info, Drought (when established), Heat, Humidity
Intolerances: Direct Afternoon Sun, Constantly Soggy Soil
Attracts: Visual Attention
Description
A beauty and fast grower in the garden, 'Autumn Rocket' is an upright, narrow growing fall flowering Camellia sasanqua featuring abundant, anemone-like pure white flowers with tightly ruffled creamy, soft yellow center petals in fall. Its narrow form allows for use in smaller garden spaces where other varieties won't fit. The shiny, finely toothed, deep green foliage is a wonderful backdrop and contrast for the bright white flowers. Enjoy this beauty indoors by displaying several cuttings in a vase or use just one flower to float in a bowl of water.
Landscape & Garden Uses
A mid size, narrow growing Camellia with an upright habit of growth to about 8-10 feet tall and 3-4 feet wide, Autumn Rocket is ideal for use as a specimen, in groupings, or as a hedge or background plant in landscape borders and is especially nice as a corner plant or espalier (trained to grow flat against a wall) in home foundation plantings. A fine addition to camellia gardens, white theme gardens, Asian gardens, cottage gardens, cut flower gardens and woodland borders. Also suitable for containers that can be brought indoors during winter for those who garden above USDA Zone 7a, where this variety is not reliably winter hardy. Find Your Zone
Spacing: 3 feet apart for solid hedge; 6 feet or more apart for space between plants
Note: For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 7a, where this Camellia variety is not reliably winter hardy, you'll be happy to know it can be grown in containers that can be brought indoors during winter and placed back outside when temperatures warm up in spring.
Growing Preferences
Camellia adapt well to various soil types however prefer a moist but well-drained acidic soil that is rich in organic matter. Constantly soggy soil is a slow killer. In general, Camellia grows and blooms better in partial shade with some shelter from the hot afternoon sun. Morning sun with afternoon shade or filtered sunlight is perfect. All-day filtered sun is fine.
Helpful Articles
Click on a link below to find helpful advice from our experts on how to plant, fertilize, prune and water Camellias...
Planting Camellias
Pruning Camellias
How To Fertilize & Water Camellias
How To Espalier Plants & Trees
*Espalier (pronounced: ih-spal-yay) ...an ornamental shrub or tree that has been trained to grow flat against a wall, fence, or other vertical, flat surface.
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