2ft Camellia 'Cleopatra' | Camellia sasanqua | 10L Pot
2ft Camellia 'Cleopatra' | Camellia sasanqua | 10L Pot
Camellia sasanqua 'Cleopatra' is one of the earliest camellias you can buy, with flowers blooming right through winter with some flushes as early as October! A mid to late season camellia, you will still be enjoying flower right at the end of winter with a spectacular way to welcome spring into your garden. The flowers themselves are interesting and quite distinct to those of camellia japonica. The petals are much more lobed grouped around a distinct, bright yellow centre. This mix of soft pink and bright yellow really creates a beautiful display of colour for the winter months. 'Cleopatra' is perfectly suited to planting in a container to bring some colour to a terrace or patio and will do best in ericaceous soil in either partial shade or sun.
Your Camellia will be packaged into a specially designed, extra thick cardboard box, which will hold it securely in place. They will then be delivered via a delicate courier network to prevent any chance of damage on their journey to your home. Please note, your Camellia will arrive in a standard nursery pot.
Please note: where your plant is supplied with a pot, your plant's 'Height on Arrival' includes the pot
- Dig a hole that is twice the radius of your plant's rootball. Make sure that you drench the rootball before planting.
- Place the pot in the planting hole, and make sure that it sits no lower than an inch below the ground.
- Fill the planting hole with a mix of ericaceous compost and garden soil, finishing with ericaceous fertiliser and mycorrhizal fungi. Take care to not compress the soil.
- Once you are happy with your efforts, give your Camellia a generous watering.
- Add mulch on top (whether bark and wood chippings, compost, manure, leaf-mould, and stones), and make sure that the mulch doesn't touch the stem. Please note, the organic materials should come from acidic sources such as conifers.
Aside from presenting beautiful blooms, Camellias are very easy to grow shrubs. Their growth and output will likely be fine providing you follow our planting and care instructions. Below we address some common query topics:
- Hardiness: Camellias are concentrated in temperate regions; primarily the Himalayas, China, and Japan. As such, they are more than suitable for the UK's mild climate.
- Position: Camellias thrive in dappled shade and a few hours sunlight a day will be perfectly sufficient. Planting your Camellia in a sheltered spot will also help it put more resources into flowering.
- Soil: Camellias are suited to acidic soils below 5.5pH, and a pH above this will reduce the amount of nutrients they can absorb. You can increase the acidity of their soil by watering them with rainwater, and using pine needles and ericaceous compost as mulch. With chalky soils, you are better off planting your Camelia in a pot filled with ericaceous compost.
- Pots: Planting in pots is recommended as it can be difficult to maintain acidity in your garden's beds. Using ericaceous compost (and ericaceous fertiliser) is essential, but it may need replacing once in a while.
Advice on hot and droopy plants
If your plants are looking a little wilted right now, don’t worry! Plants like to be filled with water to keep their structure, and when it’s hot that water evaporates.
Just give them an off-schedule watering and they’ll be right as rain in no time! Be careful not to flood them - plants don’t like extremes.
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| Why X? | About your plant
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|---|---|
| Deciduous Or Evergreen | Evergreen |
| Common Name | Camellia |
| Is Collection/Mix? | No |
| Needs Ericaceous Compost? | No |
| Species | Camellias |
| Eventual Height | 2m-4m |
| Eventual Spread | 1m-2m |
| Foliage Colour | Green |
| Supplied As | 9L-14L Pot |
| Latin Name | Camellia |
| Shop By Category | Ornamental Shrubs |