Re: camellia pruning

I prune mainly when the flowers are out, and friends are suitably impressed by gifts of big bouquets of camellias. I also prune any time, as I like to use camellia foliage in bouquets, since it stays in good condition for months. Last year in January, I found that the flower buds on branches I had cut for foliage opened in the vases.

I have never had any problems no matter when I prune, and I have chopped off big branches when construction was going on next to the way-up-over-my-head bushes.

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Diane Whitehead  Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
maritime zone 8
cool mediterranean climate (dry summer, rainy winter - 68 cm annually)
sandy soil

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