Kanjiro Camellia
Key Attributes
| Cultivar Name | Kanjiro Rosea |
| Species | Camellia sasanqua |
| Primary Color | pink |
| Secondary Color | yellow |
| Color Pattern | solid petals with contrasting yellow stamens |
| Bloom Form | semi-double |
| Bloom Season | early |
| Bloom Size Cm | 8 |
| Fragrance | lightly fragrant |
| Growth Habit | upright |
About this Camellia cultivar
Camellia sasanqua 'Kanjiro Rosea' is a popular fall-blooming sasanqua camellia grown as an ornamental evergreen shrub. It is closely associated with the well-known cultivar 'Kanjiro' and is noted for bright rosy-pink flowers with prominent golden-yellow stamens. The blooms are typically showy, lightly ruffled, and produced freely in the early camellia season. As a sasanqua, it generally has a vigorous, upright to bushy habit and small, glossy dark green foliage, making it useful as a hedge, screen, espalier, or specimen shrub.
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