Plant: October Magic Inspiration - Camellia sas.
Camellia sas. · Camellia sasanqua 'October Magic Inspiration'
Size: 3 gal
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More about this plant
A vigorous, upright and bushy Southern Living Plant Collection camellia of 6 to 8 feet tall and 4 to 5 feet wide, with evergreen foliage that pushes maroon coloured new growth each spring. Large double flowers of white edged with a narrow magenta margin open through fall into winter and make good cut flowers. It takes full sun to part shade, though light shade gives the best bloom, and wants a moist, well drained soil rich in organic matter and slightly acid. Use it for accents, borders, containers, hedges, mass plantings and privacy screens.
- Part Shade
- Grows to 8 ft tall and 5 ft wide
- Blooms in fall, winter
- Hardy in USDA zones 7a-9b
- Evergreen foliage
Plant description
A vigorous, upright and bushy Southern Living Plant Collection camellia of 6 to 8 feet tall and 4 to 5 feet wide, with evergreen foliage that pushes maroon coloured new growth each spring. Large double flowers of white edged with a narrow magenta margin open through fall into winter and make good cut flowers. It takes full sun to part shade, though light shade gives the best bloom, and wants a moist, well drained soil rich in organic matter and slightly acid. Use it for accents, borders, containers, hedges, mass plantings and privacy screens.
- Flowers
- Large double flowers are white with a narrow magenta margin.
- Foliage
- Glossy evergreen foliage with maroon coloured new growth in spring.
- Fruit
- A loculicidal woody capsule about 1 inch long, ripening in fall.
- Bark & stems
- Slender stems, often reddish to purplish when young.
- Pruning
- Camellias require very little pruning except for the removal of damaged branches; severe cutting back is done from mid February to about May 1, after flowering.
- Native range
- Japan
