Camellia sasanqua 'Asakura'
Key Attributes
| Cultivar Name | Asakura |
| Species | Camellia sasanqua |
| Primary Color | white |
| Secondary Color | pale pink |
| Color Pattern | solid to faint blush |
| Bloom Form | semi-double |
| Bloom Season | early |
| Fragrance | light fragrance |
| Growth Habit | upright |
About this Camellia cultivar
Camellia sasanqua 'Asakura' is a sasanqua camellia cultivar valued for its elegant autumn display. Based on its species identity and nursery context, it is an evergreen shrub with relatively small to medium flowers and glossy foliage typical of Camellia sasanqua. The blooms are generally white to very pale blush and appear lightly formal to semi-double in presentation, giving a refined, luminous effect in the fall garden. Like many sasanquas, it is well suited to landscape use as a screening, foundation, or specimen shrub and is appreciated for a dense habit, attractive foliage, and seasonal flowering when many other shrubs are not in bloom.
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