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named to help distinguish them
from the spring-blooming Camellia
japonica varieties, which is useful for
landscape contractors and gardeners
alike.
• ‘Autumn Sentinel’ has an upright
and narrow form, growing 7-8 feet
tall and 5-6 feet wide with narrow
tiny dark green glossy leaves,
perfect for a hedge, and is covered
with soft pink flowers shaped like
peonies.
• ‘Autumn Sunrise’ by Dr. Parks, has
lovely cup-shaped rose red petals
that turn white in the center to
accent the golden yellow stamens.
The flowers are 4-5 inches across
and bloom from early October to
November. The plants themselves
are very vigorous and make great
candidates for a specimen or in a
hedge.

• ‘Cleopatra’ is a moderately fast- Autumn Sunrise Camellia
growing plant, growing 8-12 feet
tall and 6-8 feet wide, with an
abundance of beautiful soft rose
pink, semi-double 3-to-3.5 inch
blossoms with ruffled petals that
bloom from autumn into early
winter.

• ‘Northern Lights’ grows 8-10 feet
tall and 5-6 feet wide, with 2-3 inch
flowers created with single petals of
pure white with hints of pink at the
top of the ruffled petals around the
bright yellow stamens.

• ‘Our Linda’ has 2.5 - 3-inch wide
cotton candy rose-pink fragrant
flowers that shade darker pink
at the petals’ edges. The flower
form is semi double to rose form
with overlapping petals, blooming
mid-fall into winter with a medium
growth habit, growing 6-8 feet tall
and 5-6 feet wide.

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