Professor Sargent
Key Attributes
| Cultivar Name | Professor S. Sargent |
| Species | Camellia japonica |
| Year Of Origin | 1908 |
| Primary Color | red |
| Secondary Color | yellow |
| Color Pattern | solid red petals with golden stamens |
| Bloom Form | peony |
| Bloom Season | mid-season |
| Growth Habit | upright |
About this Camellia cultivar
Camellia japonica 'Professor S. Sargent' is an old, reliable heirloom japonica cultivar introduced in 1908. It is valued for its large, showy red blooms and dependable garden performance. The flowers are typically full and peony-like to rose-form-double in appearance, with richly colored petals and prominent golden stamens sometimes visible among the petaloids. Like many japonicas, it is an evergreen shrub with glossy dark green foliage and a strong landscape presence. Its long-standing popularity suggests a vigorous, dependable habit and mid-season winter to early spring flowering.
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