Re: Camellias

Date:          Thu, 18 Feb 1999 15:36:10 -0800
Subject:       Re: Camellias
To:            cnorman@best.com
Cc:            medit-plants@ucdavis.edu, cnorman@best.com
From:          Barry_Garcia@monterey.edu (Barry Garcia)
Reply-to:      Barry_Garcia@monterey.edu
 BARRY,  A NOVELTY IT MIGHT BE BUT THAT IS ALL, THE FLOWERS 
INDIFFERENT WHITE WITH BROWN CALYXES AND NONDESCRIPT LEAVES. TRY 
CAMELLIA GRIJSII INSTEAD< MUCH BETTER OR THE BEAUTIFUL CAMELLIA 
YUHSUSENSIS (think that's how its spelt) WITH 
WONDERFUL PERFUME AND AMAZING WINDBLOWN FLOWERS< 
UTTERLY INFORMAL - ANY MORE SO AND YOU'D SWEAR THE 
FLWOER WAS FALLING APART

trevro n

cnorman@best.com writes: >So I'm not the only 
one with late camellias?  Last year mine started to >show their 
colors in Dec and began blooming in late Dec and Jan.  The >blooms 
lasted until the middle of May.  This year I had tight buds until 
>fairly recently and no flowers yet. > >I don't know the variety 
names.  They are old double-flowered camellias >(one red and one 
pink) that came with the house.  My neighbors (whose >camellias get 
more sun) have a few blooms but not many.

I have a Camelia sasanqua. Its not a double flowered form, and it has pure
white flowers with a yellow center. Its quite lovely, but it didnt bloom
this fall because it got a bit on the dry side. Its got buds now, and im
waiting for it to start growing.

My grandmother has a Camelia japonica (with pink double flowers) thats
about 10 feet tall and is a small tree. Such a contrast to my other
grandmother whose camelia is a shrub of only 4 feet. Both are wonderful in
bloom. 

BUT i would love to beable to grow Camelia sinensis (Tea) just for the
novelty. 

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