Today I spied our first camellia flower for this year it is called “Sasanqua Something Special” which is a largesingle white flower shading to bright pink at the edge of the petals. We planted this lovely camellia over the grave of my beloved chow dog Cassin, for to me he was something special.
At first I was not so keen on Sasanqua’s but as our collection grew I started to like them more. They had a few advantages over the japonicas (which needed semi shade) these could grow in full sun. They also were fast growing and bloomed a lot earlier, so having different varieties meant we had flowers in our garden for a longer time. So now we have a lot of sasanquas in our collection.
When our children were born we planted a camellia to commemorate the day. For my daughter it was “Japonica Susan Stone” a delicate pale pink formal double, and for our son it was “Sasanqua
Mine-No-Yuki” a white semi double peony flower. They are both growing remarkably well and just like our two children my son’s plant is a lot taller than my daughter’s.
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