Purple Haze Camellia

Lavender-pink blooms open when the rest of the garden is going to sleep, carrying color and glossy evergreen foliage straight through fall and winter.

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 growers choose 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.