Camellia Sasanqua 'Yuletide' Shortest needles

Camellia Sasanqua 'Yuletide' Shortest needlesUSDA Cold Hardiness Zone: 7 Native Range: East Asia. Soil: Consistently moist, not soggy. Low pH. Light: Filtered sun. Height in the Garden: Up to 45' Attributes: Broadleaf evergreen, red flowering shrub. Notes: This Camellia is one of my all time favorites! It is a glossy leaved evergreen shrub up to 12' tall that grows at a moderate rate speed. It has beautiful, smooth light brown bark and stunningly beautiful, single red flowers in late autumn,

Notes: This bathc is about seven or eight years old

No water logged soils

dry summer heat

glossy leaves have a bluish-green upper surface and a lighter underside

rocky impoverished soils

Sunlight: Prefers full sun to partial shade

star-shaped

glossy red berries (maturing to black) appear after flowering

Will form a flat topped tree in time

ripening in autumn and providing food for wildlife

beautiful foliage

The contorted white variety is highly vigorous