Starry Pillar
Key Attributes
| Cultivar Name | Starry Pillar |
| Species | Camellia sasanqua |
| Primary Color | white |
| Secondary Color | yellow |
| Color Pattern | white petals with contrasting yellow stamens |
| Bloom Form | single |
| Bloom Season | early |
| Growth Habit | columnar |
About this Camellia cultivar
Camellia sasanqua 'Starry Pillar' is a distinctive ornamental camellia noted for its narrow, pillar-like habit and starry blossoms. Reference material identifies it as a sasanqua cultivar, suggesting an autumn to early-season flowering period. The flowers are typically single in form, with a simple open presentation that emphasizes the star-like shape and visible central stamens. Its most notable garden characteristic is its strongly vertical, columnar growth, making it useful for tight spaces, accents, screening, or formal planting. As a sasanqua, it likely bears small, glossy evergreen foliage and performs well in mild temperate gardens.
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