Almost any camellia can grow to be a small tree after many years, but it's also true that camellias respond well to pruning, and take their time about growing and regrowing. You should be able to keep 'Prof Sargent' from being tree-sized, but the $64,000 question is how small do you want him to be? Is it a question of only having a certain amount of space? If so, how much room do you have to work with?

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