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Re: Camellias

LilOsmosis@aol.com wrote:
> 
> Hello everyone,
> 
>  I am a novice at Camellias.. I have a friend who has about 30 camellia
> plants (Rather trees!! Some of them are about 20 feet tall!!!) and she wants
> me to help her prune them, but we don't know the first thing about pruning
> them or when to do it, etc.. We were also wondering if the pruned material
> could be propagated in some way or another.. She would likt to propagate the
> pruned material to make some plants for her front yard and to give away to
> friends.. I would appreciate any information on camellias and how to prune
> and propagate them from stem cuttings.. Thank you for your help..
> 
>  James

I just cut the Camellias early in the morning, cut just below a leaf,
dipped in Root-tone and stuck them in potting soil (four per 4" pot);
set them under the staging table in the greenhouse and it worked.  That
was four weeks ago and new growth is showing already.  Seemed easy. 
Maybe it was beginners luck.

S. Whitworth  Zone 9 USDA; Zone 17 Western Gardener
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