Purple Haze Camellia
Purple Haze Camellia: Get Lovely Lavender-Pink Blooms
The Purple Haze Camellia (Camellia sasanqua 'Purple Haze') is an evergreen flowering shrub prized for its late-season show. Just as autumn settles in, it covers itself in soft lavender-pink, semi-double flowers with a gentle ruffle and a sunny tuft of golden stamens at the center. The blooms arrive from fall into winter, set against small, dark, lustrous leaves that stay handsome all year. With a compact, gracefully rounded habit reaching 4 to 5 feet tall and 3 to 4 feet wide, it earns its place as a refined evergreen anchor, an informal flowering hedge, or a standout in a part-shade border.
Why You'll Love the Purple Haze Camellia
- Off-season color. It flowers from fall into winter, delivering fresh lavender-pink blooms during the months most shrubs have finished.
- Year-round structure. Glossy, deep-green evergreen foliage holds its good looks in every season, giving the garden form and substance even between bloom cycles.
- Right-sized habit. A naturally tidy 4-to-5-foot frame fits foundations, courtyards, and smaller modern landscapes without constant cutting back.
- Sun-flexible. Sasanqua camellias take more sun than their japonica cousins, thriving in full to part sun in zones 7 through 9.
- Pollinator support. Late blooms are a welcome nectar source for bees on mild autumn and winter days when little else is open.
Use it as a polished evergreen foundation planting, a low informal screen along a property line, a layered backdrop in a mixed shade border, or a single specimen near an entry or patio where its cool-season flowers can be enjoyed up close.
