Camellia Sasanqua 'Pure Silk'

🌿 High-Performance Privacy Hedge & Autumn-Winter Color

Transform your garden with the elegant Camellia sasanqua 'Pure Silk'. Renowned for its large, formal double blooms, this classic evergreen shrub produces hundreds of delicate, creamy-white flowers touched with soft lavender-pink edges from autumn through winter.

Unlike standard shade-loving camellias, Sasanqua varieties thrive in full sun to partial shade, offering robust growth, glossy dark-green foliage, and exceptional versatility for residential landscapes.

✨ Key Features

• 🌺 Stunning Double Blooms: Features large, semi-double to double white flowers with a subtle pink flush on the outer petals and golden center stamens.

• 🌿 Year-Round Evergreen Foliage: Dense, glossy dark-green leaves provide structure, privacy, and vibrant color through all four seasons.

• ☀️ Sun Tolerant: Highly adaptable—thrives in full sun as well as dappled shade once established.

• 🏡 Versatile Landscape Use: Perfect choice for dense privacy hedges, border screens, espalier training, or large patio containers.

• 🐝 Pollinator Friendly: Provides essential late-season nectar for bees and butterflies during cooler months.

📋 Plant Specifications

🌱 Planting & Care Guide

💧 Watering

Keep the soil consistently moist but never waterlogged during the first growing season to encourage deep root establishment. Reduce watering frequency once mature.

☀️ Light & Location

Select a planting site that receives full sun or morning sun with afternoon shade. Shield young plants from harsh, direct afternoon heat in extreme climates.

🪴 Soil & Fertilizer

Plant in well-draining, acidic soil enriched with compost. Apply a slow-release acid fertilizer (specially formulated for Camellias and Azaleas) in early spring after flowering finishes.

✂️ Pruning & Maintenance

Prune lightly immediately after the winter flowering cycle finishes to shape the shrub or maintain a formal hedge. Avoid pruning late in the season, as this can remove upcoming flower buds.