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White Doves Camellia

White Doves Camellia

Camellia sasanqua 'White Doves' ('Mine-No-Yuki')

Item #2221 USDA Hardiness Zone: 7 - 10

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Plant Description

Sparkling white, semi-double blooms with glossy dark green foliage on a more compact, spreading form that is ideal for smaller gardens. Excellent for use as an evergreen low hedge, espalier, or groundcover. A mid-season bloomer.

  • Overview
    Light Needs:
    Filtered sun
    Watering Needs:
    Water regularly, when top 3 in. of soil is dry.
    Average Landscape Size:
    Slowly reaches 4 to 5 ft. tall and wider.
    Key Feature:
    Cool Season Flowers
    Blooms:
    Fall through Winter
    Landscape Uses:
    Border, Container, Cutting Garden, Espalier, Mass Planting, Woodland Garden
  • Detail
    Botanical Pronunciation:kuh-MEE-lee-a suh-SAN-kwuh
    Plant type:Shrub
    Deciduous/evergreen:Evergreen
    Growth habit:Spreading
    Growth rate:Slow
    Average landscape size:Slowly reaches 4 to 5 ft. tall and wider.
    Special features:Compact Form, Waterwise
    Foliage color:Dark Green
    Blooms:Fall through Winter
    Flower color:White
    Flower attributesFlowers for Cutting, Showy Flowers
    Garden styleAsian/Zen, Cottage
    Design IdeasThis semi-double white Camellia makes a wonderful backdrop to a moonlight garden in backyard beds close to your outdoor living space. Excellent choice for a colorful low hedge, espalier, or groundcover due to its short, pendulous habit. A great addition to an Asian inspired garden or in mass at the front fringe of a woodland setting. Perfect for hanging baskets or pots.
  • Care
    Care Information
    Provide organically rich, well-drained, acidic soil. Keep roots cool with a thick layer of mulch. Water deeply and regularly during the first growing season to establish an extensive root system; reduce frequency, once established. Feed with an acid fertilizer after flowering.Pruning time: winter after flowering.
    Light Needs:
    <strong>Partial Sun / Partial Shade</strong>: These two terms are often used interchangeably to mean 3-6 (or 4-6) hours of sunlight each day. However, there is a difference. <strong>Partial shade</strong> typically means the plants will appreciate a more gentle exposure such as the weaker morning or early afternoon sun, with the emphasis on providing the minimum needed shade and sheltering from intense late afternoon sun. <strong>Partial sun</strong> typically means the plants <u>need</u> some direct sun, so the emphasis is on meeting the required minimum hours of sunlight, with filtered sunlight or shade the balance of the day. Both are best with shelter from the harshest late afternoon sun. This shade could be provided by a structure, a wall, larger plants or tree(s).
    Filtered sun
    Watering Needs:
    Water needs: Moderate
    Water regularly, when top 3 in. of soil is dry.
  • History & Lore
    History:
    Sometimes referred to as Christmas Camellias, the sasanqua varieties of Camellia are native to the evergreen, coastal forests of southern Japan. It was introduced by Dutch traders into Europe in 1869. The Japanese use the leaves of sasanqua to make tea, and the seeds are pressed into tea seed oil for use as a lubricant and in cooking and cosmetics.

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