RE: Summertime...

That must be it. I was hoping I could coddle it enough to grow, kind of
like my rhododendron (although of course the rhododendron went roots-up
last fall...). There is a huge selection of camellias, a veritable
forest of them, at Descanso Gardens which is about an hour from here but
of course not *quite* the same climate.

Cyndi


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From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf Of Andrea Hodges
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 2:35 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Summertime...

probably more too dry than too hot Cyndi-They are partial to very humid
conditions.
A
----- Original Message -----
From: "Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95 CG/SCSRT"
<cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 11:10 AM
Subject: RE: [CHAT] Summertime...


>I tried growing camellia sinensis when I planted the teahouse garden,
> seemed fitting and I thought if it worked it would be fun to have my
own
> green tea. Didn't make it though. It struggled for a couple years and
> finally gave up. I suspect that it's just too hot in the summer here.
>
> Cyndi
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf Of james singer
> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 2:49 PM
> To: Garden Chat
> Subject: [CHAT] Summertime...
>
> and the livin' is easy. Maybe. But whatever. It seems to have suddenly
> arrived, easy or not. It's been in the low 80s for a week or so and
the
> forecast is for it to remain so for the foreseeable future. Lots of
> stuff is blooming, but there always is here--orchids, begonias,
petrea,
> jatropha, on and on.
>
> I just saw an interview with the guy that established the Honest T
> company. It raised a question for me--since tea is the dried leaf of a
> camellia species, I wonder if I'll be able to grow one in Oregon. I
> tried here a couple of times and couldn't, too warm. Might be fun to
> really do it.
>
>
> Island Jim
> Southwest Florida
> 27.1 N, 82.4 W
> Hardiness Zone 10
> Heat Zone 10
> Sunset Zone 25
> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
>
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