Camellia sasanqua 'Kanjiro' Japanese Gardens

Camellia sasanqua 'Kanjiro' Japanese GardensOne of the sasanqua type of camellias that blooms in the fall, October to January, and has FRAGRANT flowers. The single or semi double flowers are cerise pink to rosy red in color, shading paler in the center with creamy yellow stamens. Prefers partial or full shade, but will still grow well in areas with ample sun. The plant is fairly vigorous, evergreen, with glossy dark green foliage. Hardy to zone 7.

Attractive bronze foliage in spring

meaning sea urchin or hedgehog

the color turns red

and will offer more drama if so done

and the twisting growth may appear like an Irish walking stick

'Rheingold' is one of those invaluable garden accent plants that is hard to replace

The texture is finer than most of the dissectum maples

I call this the 'patriotic hydrangea'

deciduous tree which typically will be 15-20 ft tall and about the same wide in time

The tree mostly grows in width

rich green

The rich crimson-red double flowers appear on an attractive blue-green cushion of foliage