Best Fall-Blooming Camellia Sasanquas for Early Season Color

Best Fall-Blooming Camellia Sasanquas for Early Season Color

I’m crouched next to my ‘Setsugekka’ this morning, coffee going cold on the flagstone beside me, watching a single ruffled white bloom catch the early light while everything else in the yard looks half-finished for the season. This is the trick sasanquas pull off every year, and after two decades of growing camellias across three … Read more

Camellia Sasanqua vs Japonica: A Freeze-Risk Siting Guide by Zone

Camellia Sasanqua vs Japonica: Which One Belongs in Your Garden

Nursery tags will tell you “full sun to part shade,” maybe a hardiness zone number, and little else. What they won’t tell you is that Camellia sasanqua and Camellia japonica lose their flowers to cold in two completely different ways, at two completely different times of year — and that gap is exactly what my … Read more