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Autumn Rocket Camellia
Camellia sasanqua 'Autumn Rocket'
Also called autumn rocket
Autumn Rocket Camellia blooms from October through December.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
Growing Autumn Rocket Camellia
Plant it in part shade. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 7–9. Expect it to reach about 9 ft tall and 3.5 ft wide at maturity, in roughly 5 years (a house reading).
Pets
- No toxic listing found for dogs and cats in the sources we check.
Lists differ and none is complete. If a pet eats a plant and seems unwell, call a veterinarian or a pet poison helpline.
No toxicity note is on file for Autumn Rocket Camellia. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.
What was checked
Mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and the trait tags were checked against named botanical sources for this plant, with what the sources could not settle written down; years to mature size rests on a recorded house rule where no publisher states one, and is marked so; its common name and alternate names have not been checked yet. Each fact above carries its own mark. The planting, spacing and size sections are derived from these checked facts by a fixed rule, not checked separately, and the plant type is the library's own classification.
When to plant Autumn Rocket Camellia
Plant Autumn Rocket Camellia in early spring as soon as the soil is workable, or in early fall at least six weeks before your first frost, so roots establish in cool weather. In zone 8, the middle of its hardy zones 7 to 9, spring means February to April and fall means September or October. Once settled, it blooms from October to December.
Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 8, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 8 in February. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.
How big does Autumn Rocket Camellia get?
9 fttall5 ft 7 inan adult3.5 ftwideSee Autumn Rocket Camellia in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.
How far apart to plant Autumn Rocket Camellia
Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.
Space Autumn Rocket Camellia about 3.5 ft apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.
Add Autumn Rocket Camellia to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.
Where these facts come from
Autumn Rocket Camellia's height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity were checked against 19 published sources on October 5, 2026. Each one is linked below with every fact it carried, which can include a fact this page still marks as not yet checked, because a source carrying a value is not the same as the value being held to the standard. Facts not in that list, and the planting, spacing and size sections, are not covered by these sources.
- patuxentnursery.comPatuxent Nurseryheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil and pests
- Plant Addictsheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil and pests
- Sooner Plant Farmheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, bloom months and color, trait tags, diseases, pests and toxicity
- NC State ExtensionGardener Plant Toolboxsun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity
- kiefernursery.comKiefer Nurseryheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and pests
- Missouri Botanical GardenPlant Findersun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases and pests
- colesvillenursery.comColesville Nurseryheight, spread, sun, water, bloom months and color and trait tags
- pendernursery.comPender Nurseryheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, bloom months and color and trait tags
- lichtenfelts.comLichtenfelt Nurseriesheight, spread, sun, bloom months and color and trait tags
- useyardwork.comYardworkheight, spread, sun, bloom months and color and trait tags
- camtoocamellia.comCam Too Camellia Nurseryheight, spread, hardiness zones and bloom months and color
- Pleasant Run Nurseryheight, spread, hardiness zones and bloom months and color
- taylorsnursery.comTaylor's Nurseryheight, spread, hardiness zones and bloom months and color
- americancamellias.comAmerican Camellia Society (ACS Camellia Encyclopedia)bloom months and color and trait tags
- camellia.iflora.cnInternational Camellia Registerbloom months and color and trait tags
- jcra.ncsu.eduJC Raulston Arboretum at NC State University (Showtimes)bloom months and color
- jcra.ncsu.eduJC Raulston Arboretum at NC State University (Showtimes)bloom months and color
- jcra.ncsu.eduJC Raulston Arboretum at NC State University (Showtimes)bloom months and color
- ASPCAAnimal Poison Controltoxicity
How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.
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