Camellia saluenensis Large Shrubs Carex flaccosperma

Carex flaccosperma

with small maroon spring flowers and

though sheltered forms have proven reasonably hardy to zone 7b

saturated color that reads from a distance and holds through the first hard frosts

Camellia saluenensis Large Shrubs Carex flaccospermaCamellia saluenensis is not the flashiest camellia in the garden, but few have done more to shape the ones that are. This upright, densely leafy evergreen carries small, single, funnel shaped flowers in soft pink, opening from late winter into spring, and stands as one of the two parents behind the celebrated Camellia williamsii hybrids that carried camellia growing into colder gardens. A word on the name, since accuracy matters: the correct spelling