Shishi Gashira Camellia
Camellia sasanqua ‘Shishi-gashira’ · a pink fall-blooming sasanqua camellia
A sasanqua camellia that brightens late fall and winter with rosy pink, nearly double flowers when little else blooms. Drought tolerant once settled and more resistant to root rot than Japanese camellia, it suits hedges and foundation beds. Give it acid, well-drained soil, out of afternoon sun and cold wind.
- Mature size
- 4.5 × 4.5 ft
- 1.4 × 1.4 m, tall × wide
- Hardiness
- Zones 7a–9b
- USDA
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Dry to wet
- Blooms
- Oct–Dec
Shishi Gashira Camellia at its mature size
A mature Shishi Gashira Camellia grows 4 to 5 feet tall and just as 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: The Tree Center, Clemson Extension.
Through the year
What Shishi Gashira 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 semi-double deep rose-pink flowers.
Growing Shishi Gashira Camellia
- Grows well in
- The Southeast, the Pacific Northwest, and California.
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Good for
- Hedge, small space, foundation planting, drought tolerant, rain garden, winter interest, and fragrant
- Leaves
- Evergreen
- Native to
- Japan
Spacing for a hedge
VeraScape spaces plants so their grown canopies just touch. For Shishi Gashira Camellia, that’s about 4.5 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 Shishi Gashira Camellia in your yard before you dig
Visualize it at its true size, alongside the rest of your design.
Other camellias
October Magic Carpet Camellia
October Magic Orchid CamelliaShishi Gashira Camellia
October Magic Snow CamelliaAll drawn to the same scale.