October Magic Orchid Camellia
Camellia sasanqua ‘Green 94-035’ · a white and orchid-pink fall-blooming sasanqua camellia
A compact, cone-shaped sasanqua that smothers itself in white-to-blush semi-double flowers shaded orchid pink from mid-fall into early winter, an easy accent, low border or container plant that needs little pruning. Give it acid, well-drained soil and afternoon shade.
- Mature size
- 4.5 × 3.5 ft
- 1.4 × 1.1 m, tall × wide
- Hardiness
- Zones 7a–9b
- USDA
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
- Blooms
- Oct–Dec
October Magic Orchid Camellia at its mature size
A mature October Magic Orchid Camellia grows 3 to 6 feet tall and 3 to 4 feet wide.
Drawn to scale beside a 5 ft 9 in person. With VeraScape, you see it at this size in your own yard.
Typical mature size, unpruned. Sources: apps.lsuagcenter.com, sunsetplantcollection.com, gobuyplants.com.
Through the year
What October Magic Orchid Camellia looks like month by month in a typical zone 6–7 garden.
In leaf · Jan–Sep
Glossy dark green leaves, no flowers.
In flower · Oct–Dec
Covered in small semi-double white-to-blush flowers shaded orchid pink.
Growing October Magic Orchid Camellia
- Grows well in
- The Southeast, the Pacific Northwest, and California.
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Good for
- Hedge, small space, foundation planting, and winter interest
- Leaves
- Evergreen
- Native to
- Japan
Spacing for a hedge
VeraScape spaces plants so their grown canopies just touch. For October Magic Orchid Camellia, that’s about 3.5 ft apart, center to center.
Place a row in your own yard and VeraScape spaces them at their mature width, so you can see whether they’ll crowd the walk.
See October Magic Orchid Camellia in your yard before you dig
Visualize it at its true size, alongside the rest of your design.
Other camellias
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Shishi Gashira Camellia
October Magic Snow CamelliaAll drawn to the same scale.