October Magic Rose Camellia
Camellia sasanqua ‘Green 98-009’ · an upright coral-red fall-blooming sasanqua camellia
An early sasanqua that covers a narrow, dense, upright plant in small, very double coral to salmon-rose flowers in fall, a fine slim screen or accent. Like all sasanquas it shrugs off the root rot that troubles Japanese camellias, but give it acid, well-drained soil and shade from harsh afternoon sun.
- Mature size
- 7 × 3.5 ft
- 2.1 × 1.1 m, tall × wide
- Hardiness
- Zones 7a–9b
- USDA
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
- Blooms
- Oct–Nov
October Magic Rose Camellia at its mature size
A mature October Magic Rose Camellia grows 6 to 8 feet tall and 3 to 4 feet wide, taller than most people.
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, plantaddicts.com.
Through the year
What October Magic Rose Camellia looks like month by month in a typical zone 6–7 garden.
In leaf · Dec–Sep
Glossy dark green leaves, no flowers.
In flower · Oct–Nov
Covered in small, very double coral to salmon-rose flowers.
Growing October Magic Rose Camellia
- Grows well in
- The Southeast, the Pacific Northwest, and California.
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Good for
- Privacy screen, hedge, small space, and fast growing
- Leaves
- Evergreen
- Native to
- Japan
Spacing for a hedge
VeraScape spaces plants so their grown canopies just touch. For October Magic Rose 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 Rose Camellia in your yard before you dig
Visualize it at its true size, alongside the rest of your design.
Other camellias
October Magic Snow CamelliaOctober Magic Rose Camellia
April Tryst Camellia
Kramer's Supreme CamelliaAll drawn to the same scale.