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Plant: Londontowne Blush - Hybrid Camellia
Camellia hyb. · Camellia 'Londontowne Blush'
Size: 3 gal
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More about this plant
Londontowne Blush is a cold-hardy Ackerman hybrid camellia, rated hardy to about -10 degrees F, with upright growth and glossy dark green evergreen leaves. Pale pink single to semidouble flowers with yellow-orange anthers open from mid fall into early winter. It prefers a sheltered site with well-drained, acidic soil and some shade in hot summers.
- Part Shade
- Grows to 10 ft tall and 8 ft wide
- Blooms in fall, winter
- Hardy in USDA zones 6-9
- Evergreen foliage
Plant description
Londontowne Blush is a cold-hardy Ackerman hybrid camellia, rated hardy to about -10 degrees F, with upright growth and glossy dark green evergreen leaves. Pale pink single to semidouble flowers with yellow-orange anthers open from mid fall into early winter. It prefers a sheltered site with well-drained, acidic soil and some shade in hot summers.
- Flowers
- Pale pink single to semidouble flowers with yellow-orange anthers, medium size, blooming from mid fall into early winter.
- Foliage
- Glossy, dark green evergreen leaves.
- Fruit
- Insignificant small woody capsule (Ackerman hybrids).
- Pruning
- Prune only right after flowering, because later pruning removes the next season's buds.
- Native range
- Hybrid (Camellia oleifera 'Plain Jane' x C. sasanqua) bred by William L. Ackerman, Ashton, Maryland; registered 2002
