Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Tropical Garden #126, 1 by ardesia

ardesia wrote:
The camellia sasanquas start blooming in September and continue through Christmas at which point the C japonicas start blooming and keep it up until the weather warms in April. I don't think they are fleeting at all, it is probably too warm for them in your area although a major grower is in central FL. In keeping with the strange bloom schedule this year. My earliest sasanquas still have tight buds and they should be almost finished by now. Those that normally would not start blooming until November are opening already. The only weather difference was the warmer winter but it hardly seems that would have thrown things so off schedule.

Kay does your white sasanqua have a scent? Some of the old timey white ones have a lovely scent.