October Magic Snow Camellia
Camellia sasanqua ‘Green 94-010’ · a white double fall-blooming sasanqua camellia
A rounded, mounding sasanqua with large double white flowers edged in magenta from late fall into winter, and copper-tinged new leaves in spring. It makes a soft screen or mass planting and good cut flowers. Give it acid, well-drained soil and afternoon shade.
- Mature size
- 6 × 5 ft
- 1.8 × 1.5 m, tall × wide
- Hardiness
- Zones 7a–9b
- USDA
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
- Blooms
- Nov–Dec
October Magic Snow Camellia at its mature size
A mature October Magic Snow Camellia grows 5 to 7 feet tall and 4 to 6 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, sunsetplantcollection.com, plantaddicts.com.
Through the year
What October Magic Snow Camellia looks like month by month in a typical zone 6–7 garden.
In leaf · Jan–Oct
Glossy dark green leaves, no flowers.
In flower · Nov–Dec
Covered in large double white flowers edged and dusted with rose-pink to magenta.
Growing October Magic Snow Camellia
- Grows well in
- The Southeast, the Pacific Northwest, and California.
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Good for
- Privacy screen, hedge, and winter interest
- Leaves
- Evergreen
- Native to
- Japan
Spacing for a hedge
VeraScape spaces plants so their grown canopies just touch. For October Magic Snow Camellia, that’s about 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 Snow 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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April Tryst Camellia
October Magic Rose CamelliaAll drawn to the same scale.