Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia 'Professor Charles S. Sargent'

Developed at Magnolia Gardens, Charleston, SC in 1925. Blooms around Christmas time. Full peony-type flowers are a rich, dark red.
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This is probably my 2nd favorite of all my camellias. The blooms are full, tight peony style - to me they look like carnations - and are a rich, dark crimson color that I have not been able to capture on a photograph. It is entirely carefree. I do nothing more than "hack" it back after it blooms. It is growing in deep shade on the North side of my house. It blooms heavily each year starting around Christmas and continuing into early March.