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Something Special Camellia
Camellia sasanqua ‘Something Special’
Everything is included in this price: the plant, free delivery and professional installation
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Supplied in 100L
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Product Details
Overview & Specifications
Price includes everything: the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.
Something Special Camellia - Camellia sasanqua ‘Something Special’
Sasanqua camellias earn their place in Australian gardens by flowering in autumn, when almost nothing else of substance is in bloom, and by tolerating far more sun than their japonica cousins. Camellia sasanqua ‘Something Special’ is a soft pink flowering selection with the fine, glossy, small leaf typical of the group, which is what makes sasanquas clip so cleanly into hedges and espaliers. Choose it where an evergreen screen needs to do more than just block a view.
Why this Sasanqua
Autumn flowering: Bloom runs through autumn and into early winter, filling the gap between the last of the summer colour and the japonica season.
Sun tolerance: Unlike japonicas, sasanquas hold their foliage and flower well in full sun in most coastal and temperate districts.
Small dense leaf: Fine glossy foliage takes shearing without looking butchered, so a formal face is easy to maintain.
Screen height without bulk: It reaches useful screening height while staying narrow enough for a 1m wide garden bed.
Root behaviour: A fibrous, non invasive root system makes it safe close to paving, pools and boundary structures.
Ideal Applications
Boundary hedge: Planted in a line and lightly sheared after flowering it forms a solid evergreen face along a fence.
Narrow side passage: Its upright habit suits the tight beds between a house wall and a boundary.
Espalier: Trained flat against a wall or wire frame, the flexible young growth is easily tied in.
Feature shrub: Left unclipped in a mixed bed it develops a naturally layered, informal shape.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 0.8 to 1m centres for a solid hedge, 1.2m for a looser informal screen
Spacing (feature/avenue): 1.5 to 2m as an individual shrub in a mixed planting
Best Planting Season: Autumn and spring are ideal. Avoid establishing in the hottest weeks of summer
Soil & Drainage: Acidic, humus rich and free draining. Add compost and aged pine bark to clay soils, or plant into a raised bed
Establishment Care: Water two to three times a week through the first summer, never letting the root ball dry right out, because camellias are shallow rooted and drop buds under stress. Keep a permanent 75mm organic mulch in place, feed with a camellia and azalea food after flowering, and do any shaping immediately post bloom so next season's buds are not removed.
Plant Details
Height: 2 to 2.5m unpruned, easily held at 1.5m
Width: 1.5 to 2m
Growth Rate: Moderate
Foliage: Evergreen
Light: Full sun to part shade, with protection from harsh afternoon sun in hot inland gardens
Native to: Japan (the species)
Flower Colour: Soft pink
Delivery & Installation
Delivery and installation are included in your price
No freight calculators and no separate installation quote for a standard installation. Your price covers specialist plant transport, positioning and professional planting by our installation team. The whole job, handled.
- Wrapped, secured and transported by specialist plant freight.
- Professionally planted, staked and finished by our install team.
- Our team confirms site access and schedules a time that suits you.
Installation
Professional installation included, never extra
Every plant we sell is planted by our professional installation team, and it's already in the price. We coordinate the delivery, the machinery and the planting for standard site access, so your only job is choosing the tree. Unusual access or engineering requirements? We'll confirm everything with you after checkout before any work begins.
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Every price includes supply, delivery and installation
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- One price: supplied, delivered and installed
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How It Works
Place your order. We do the rest.
We Supply
Premium advanced stock, selected from a national network of wholesale growers.
We Deliver
Specialist plant freight brings your order to your door. Free, anywhere in Australia.
We Install
Our professional team plants, stakes, mulches and finishes the job on site.







