Professor Sargent Camellia
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Professor Sargent Camellia

Professor Sargent Camellia

$64
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  • Young, affordable starter plant
  • May need to be transplanted into 3 gallon pot for more nurturing before planting into landscape
  • Healthy, mature plant
  • Ready to immediately be planted into landscape
  • Large healthy plant
  • Ready to immediately be planted into landscape

Camellia japonica 'Professor Sargent'

 

Professor Sargent Camellia displays magnificent, showy, brilliant dark red double blooms that grabs the eye of any passerby. The flowers are about 4 inches in size and begin opening in late winter, continuing through mid-spring. Gives interest all year round with its marvelous blooms and its rich, glossy green foliage. Professor Sargent reaches a mature height of 6 to 8 feet and width of 4 to 6 feet. Uses for this camellia include specimen, privacy screen, foundation, hedge, espalier, woodland garden, border, landscape bed, and cut flowers.

Deer Resistant
Drought Tolerant
Evergreen
Flowering
Full Shade
Partial Shade
Hardiness Map
Mature Height: 7'
Mature Width: 5'
Flower Season: Spring
Sun: Full Shade
Hardiness Zone: 7 to 9
This plant is suitable for the low temperates below:
Temp (F)
Zone
Temp (C)
0 to 10
7
-17.8 to -12.2
10 to 20
8
-12.2 to -6.7
20 to 30
9
-6.7 to -1.1

Be sure to use a well drained soil medium when planting any Camellia as they prefer fall planting with less watering than you might think. In NC our soil is clay so we prefer to use pine bark soil conditioner when planting Camellia, Rhododendron, Mountain Laurel, and Azalea.

Professor Sargent Camellia goes well with:
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