October Magic White Shishi Gashira Dwarf Camellia

Camellia sasanqua ‘Green 02-004’ PP27553

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 7a-9b Find Your Zone

Plant Type: Evergreen Flowering Shrub

Species: Sasanqua (Fall, Mid Winter)

Height at Maturity: 3-4′

Width at Maturity: 3-4′

Spacing: 3-3.5′ for solid hedges; 8’+ for space between plants

Flower Color: White

Flower Size: Large, 2.5-3″

Flowering Period: Fall to Mid Winter

Flower Type: Double

Fragrant Flowers: No

Foliage Color: Dark Green

Fragrant Foliage: No

Berries: No

Berry Color: NA

Sun Needs: Morning Sun with Afternoon Shade or Filtered Sun, All Day Filtered Sun

Water Needs: Average, Lower when established

Soil Type: Clay (amended), Loam, Sand (amended), Silt

Soil Moisture / Drainage: Well Drained Moist

Soil pH: 5.0 – 6.5 (Acid)

Maintenance / Care: Low

Attracts: Visual Attention

Resistances: Deer – more info, Drought (when established), Heat, Humidity

Intolerances: Direct Afternoon Sun, Constantly Soggy Soil

Description

The October Magic White Shishi Gashira is without a doubt one of the finest fall and winter blooming Camellias on the market. From mid fall through mid winter, she produces an amazing plethora of gorgeous, white double flowers on compact plants growing to only 3 to 4 feet tall with a slightly wider spread to maybe 5 feet. Its compact size makes it an excellent choice for smaller garden spaces and in home foundation plantings.

Landscape & Garden Uses

Growing only 3 to 4 feet tall and 3 to 4 feet wide (depending on pruning), the White Shishi Gashira Camellia is ideal for use as a specimen, in groupings or as a hedge in landscape borders and is especially suited for use in partially shaded home foundation plantings. A fine addition to camellia gardens, Asian gardens, pink theme gardens, cottage gardens, cut flower gardens and woodland borders. Also suitable for containers that can be brought indoors during winter by those who live and garden above USDA Zone 7a, where this camellia variety is not reliably winter hardy. Find Your Zone

Suggested Spacing: 3 to 3.5 feet apart for solid hedge; 8 feet or more apart for space between plants

Note: For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 7a, where this Camellia variety is not reliably winter hardy, you’ll be happy to know it can be grown in containers that can be brought indoors during winter and placed back outside when temperatures warm up in spring.

Growing Preferences

Camellia adapt well to various soil types however prefer a moist but well-drained acidic soil that is rich in organic matter. Constantly soggy soil is a slow killer. In general, Camellia grows and blooms better in partial shade with some shelter from the hot afternoon sun. Morning sun with afternoon shade or filtered sunlight is perfect. All-day filtered sun is fine.

Helpful Articles

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*Espalier (pronounced: ih-spal-yay) …an ornamental shrub or tree that has been trained to grow flat against a wall, fence, or other vertical, flat surface.

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As usual, my plant arrived perfectly packaged. It came quickly in a very safe box. It is now in the ground and thriving with a lot of new growth. I count on Wilson Bros when I want healthy, hard to find, interesting plants! They always add interest, color and sophistication to my yard.————————————————————–Thanks for the kind words and wonderful review! We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

I’ve never had plants packaged so well for shipping. Two three gallon shrubs arrived in perfect condition. Plants were trimmed for shipping and root balls filled the pots. Planted on arrival in containers. Shrubs have new stems emerging at each leaf node. Can’t wait to see the new growth this spring.—————————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

These were a hard-to-find plant last spring/summer here in the NW. So glad I started after the new year looking. And this was the only place I found. The plants were packed to perfection and bloomed within a week of being here. A bit early for the NW, but they are healthy and thriving. And for their size, these pack a lot of blossoms!———————————————————–Thanks so much for your review. Let us know if there’s ever anything we can help you with. 🙂 – Beth | WBG

Just a shout out to tell you how wonderfully the plants I ordered (6 – 3 gallon pots) were delivered. They weren’t even upright when they landed on my front porch, but the way you had them packed, they were perfectly intact, moist and without damage.————————————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

This camellia has beautiful flowers that remind me of an old English rose. Very healthy plant shipped in perfect condition.————————————–Wow! We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

This sweet little bush arrived promptly, well packaged and in excellent condition with buds for late Fall blooming. It now seems happy and thriving in its new home.
Thank you Wilson Brothers.————————————————————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

Received this dwarf Camellia very quickly! The plant arrived in great condition with a ton of buds on it. We have just planted it so it hasn’t started to bloom yet but when it does it will look great. Very happy about the large selection at Wilson Bros.—————————————————————–We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

We love Camellia’s, and our street name is Camellia! These are beautiful yard plants, with very pretty winter blooms. Plus, they remain a nice healthy green the rest of the year.
The Dwarf is perfect, as it only gets 4 ft tall instead of 9 ft. Perfect for our yard, These just purchased are adding to the others already planted in our yard. Wilson Bros is a great place for lots of product selection and size choices. We like the 3 gallon pot size, as the plant is more established already. Thank you!—————————————————————————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

Healthy plant arrived fast and well packaged. Good root system in the pot and it already had buds for it’s autumn bloom. Looking forward to many years of enjoyment in our enclosed patio garden.———————————————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

This camellia came packaged extremely securely. It is healthy and covered with dozens of tiny buds. I cannot wait to see it bloom.————————————————–We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

The plant looks to be in fine shape so far with lots of buds. We are hopeful that it will bring us lots of fall and winter flowers. We chose it for it’s dwarf size and beautiful flowers.—————————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

These camellias are so healthy. They were delivered within a few days of my order and are now thriving in my garden.———————————————We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the kind words and great review! Beth | WBG 🙂

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I received both of these plants a few weeks ago. They arrived in great shape and are now planted. Appreciate your followup,
Thanks.———————————————We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the great review! Beth | WBG 🙂

I received mature, healthy plants. Promptly delivered with shipment tracking. And, absolutely the best, safest, plant packaging ever received. This adds up to 100% confidence that my high expectations were met.————————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

I ordered 19 of these to create a hedge. Every plant arrived in perfect condition! They will be a fantastic addition to the layered hedges I am creating! Some are already flowering and they have only been planted for 2 weeks!—————————————-They look great in your photo. We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

Received plant quickly. Packing was excellent. Excited for it to bloom to see the flower.———————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

The three items arrived in excellent condition and I’m very happy with the quality and the service.————————————-We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the great review! Beth | WBG 🙂

Arrived today and looks fantastic!!!!! Thank you.—————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

I only received my plants today, but they were very well packed. Upon opening the boxes. The plants were in excellent condition. Can’t wait to plant them this weekend. Last year I purchased two Ruby dwarf camellias. They also arrived in excellent condition. They have more than doubled in size.———————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

The camelia I ordered are lovely healthy plants. They were packaged so carefully and arrived in great shape. Shipping was very quick. I have ordered quite a few plants from this nursery and I highly recommend them.——————————-Thanks so much for the great review! We are so glad you are pleased! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

Good condition, healthy.———————————We are so glad you are pleased! Beth | WBG

The plants shipped by Wilson Bros arrived in excellent condition. It hasn’t bloomed yet but I am sure it will be beautiful!————————-We are so glad you are pleased! Beth | WBG

Plants arrived in great shape. I unpacked them immediately and planted them the same day. They seem happy and are showing new growth already. A small snack of hollytone was used too.
Impressed with the condition of the plants. Don’t think I could find similar size, variety or price locally.
I would use Wilson Brothers again.————————————–Thanks for the great review! We are so glad you are pleased! Beth | WBG

They are fantastic. The plants are well packed and carefully prepared and arrived like I had just brought them from the local garden store. Amazing.————————-Thanks for the great review! Beth | WBG

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This was my first order from Wilson Bros. I was unable to find this hybrid locally, in any reputable nursery in all of Houston and surrounding areas (that’s a very large area). I was happy to find it online, at Wilson Bros. I chose this hybrid for its specific growth habit/size/color. I ordered two. They were shipped quickly and packaged carefully.
What I am most impressed about was the quality of the plants. I have purchased many Camellias locally from high quality nurseries, and they are almost always root-bound. Perhaps this is because Camellias are slow-growers and they are re-potted several times before being sold. But when I plant them I always have to do significant root trimming to free up the coiled roots, to allow the plant to establish a healthy footing. However, these Camellias from Wilson Bros had gorgeous, untangled, healthy young roots, lots of fresh feeder roots, and no coiled choker-roots. They did not seem to have been previously, carelessly plunked into larger pots as they grew.
I am delighted with my two Camellias and will buy more plants from Wilson Bros in the future.——————————–Hi Christina, Thanks so much for taking the time to provide your review of the October Magic White Shishi Gashira Dwarf Camellia Sasanqua. We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the great review!! 🙂
Beth Steele | Wilson Bros Gardens

I received 3 plants that arrived on time, well packaged and in very good condition. They have only been planted for a few weeks and are doing well. They should be in bloom within a few weeks- can’t wait.————————————————Hi William, Thanks so much for taking the time to provide your review of the October Magic White Shishi Gashira Dwarf Camellia Sasanqua. We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! 🙂
Beth Steele | Wilson Bros Gardens