Shishi Gashira Camellia

Name: Shishi Gashira Camellia
Brand: Monrovia
SKU: 02199

Camellia sasanqua 'Shishi Gashira'

Pronunciation: kuh-MEE-lee-uh suh-SAN-kwuh

SKU #02199

USDA Zone

7-10

Your climate might be too cold for this plant:

OVERVIEW
Description	A profusion of hot pink, semi-double blooms with golden yellow centers and glossy, dark green foliage. Flowers are perfect for cutting. Use as a colorful low hedge, espalier or high profile groundcover. An early to mid-season bloomer. Evergreen.
Light	Filtered sun, Full shade, Partial shade, Partial sun
Watering	Water when top 3 inches of soil is dry.
Blooms	Fall through Winter
Mature Size	Moderate growing; reaches 4 to 5 ft. tall, 6 to 8 ft. wide.

DETAILS
Deciduous/Evergreen	Evergreen
Special Features	Non-toxic to Cats and Dogs
Growth Rate	Moderate
Growth Habit	Spreading
Flower Attributes	Flowers for Cutting, Showy Flowers

STYLE
Landscape Use	Border, Container, Espalier, Hedge
Design Ideas	This low and wide spreader boasts hot pink flowers and is ideal for raised planters in city gardens. Allow its unique weeping form to create the background for a romantic garden setting, or use it as a front-of-the-border feature. Excellent up against the house to cover foundations and to tuck neatly beneath windows. For a colorful effect during the dull days of winter, mass several under very large tree canopies with filtered shade. Equally at home as a single specimen around water gardens and pools, where the pendulous branches may trail off boulders and falling petals may float upon the still water.
Flower Color	Pink
Foliage Color	Dark Green
Companion Plants	Lily of the Valley (Pieris); Azalea (Azalea); Peony (Paeonia); Japanese Maple (Acer); Mountain Laurel (Kalmia)

CARE
Care	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. Prune lightly to shape and feed with an acid fertilizer after flowering.

This Plant's Growing Zones: 7-10