October Magic® Ivory™ Camellia

Camellia sasanqua 'Green S99-016' PP24887

Ivory Camellia is a compact, mid-sized evergreen  shrub with an upright habit.  Its lush glossy deep green evergreen leaves stay green year-round.  Ivory Camellia has heavy blooms of large white fully double carnation like flowers in fall which  attracts butterflies.  Best blooms occur in  partial sun and acidic, well-drained soil.  

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:  Low maintenance plant. Water regularly, but needs well-draining and mildly acidic soils.  Too much water retention can increase susceptibility to fungal diseases.  Yellowing leaves indicates acidity too low.  When flowers are too dense to fully open, prune dead or weak wood.

LANDSCAPE USES:   Borders, Hedges, Specimen or Mass Plantings,  Screening, Foundation Plantings,  Woodland Gardens.

COMPANION PLANTS:   Coral Bells,   Dog w ood,  Bleeding Heart

IMAGES: Photos by  Toshiyuki IMAI, Sasanqua set (1)+ (2), (3)  JLPC,  Pivoine FR 2008,  CC BY-SA 3.0, (4) Photo by  llee_wu, Camellia

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.