Not famous for their fragrance or because they make the perfect cut flower, nonetheless, camellias are among some of the most beloved garden shrubs. Most people recognize the large, open blossoms of ...

Sophie visits a nursery that specialises in growing camellias, providing some ideas for garden colour in the cooler months. There are more than 300 species of camellias worldwide, although the two ...

ON warm autumn days, a fragrance rises from the sunlit crescent of ‘Dwarf Shishigashira’ camellias in Melinda and Allan Siegel’s backyard. The earthy scent is unusual -- similar to tea -- and it’s ...

One of my neighbors asked me what type of crepe myrtle was blooming at this time of year in my yard? It’s loaded with small, pink blooms. Ironically, the small tree isn’t a crape myrtle at all but a ...

For once, Marcia and I had narrowed down our list of what to give beloved daughter-in-law Dawn for her birthday (which is the day this appears in print, not coincidentally). It was going to either be ...

Plant Camellia sasanqua for more reasons than aesthetics. In the past I grew Camellia sasanqua for the attractive winter flowers that contrast so beautifully with the dark-green evergreen foliage.

Winter is on its way, but for the Camellia sasanqua, spring has arrived and it is time to bud and bloom. At Humboldt Botanical Garden you can see them blooming now in the Moss Family Temperate ...

No one wants to stay cooped up in the house all winter so gardening wizard Ciscoe Morris helps brighten our day with beautiful Camellia sasanqua. Already suffering the winter blahs? Let the fall ...

The lovely pink-flowered Camellia sasanqua Plantation Pink. Plant it next to a north-facing wall, sheltered from strong winds Credit: Photo: BRIGITTE THOMAS November is the grimmest gardening month ...

The beautiful Leslie Ann has been a Camellia sasanqua that has been bringing out the cameras for many years. It debuted in 1960, 58 years ago, thanks to nurseryman Ray Davis of Alabama. The next year, ...

When Paul Mezo sees a Camellia sasanqua in bloom, it tells him one thing. “It’s how you know it’s fall,” said Mezo, a horticulturist at Banting’s Nursery on River Road in Bridge City. “It’s the one ...

While the Victorians grew camellias in greenhouses and conservatories, we are familiar with them as garden shrubs. Modern varieties flower well outside and, while the early flowering shrubs are ...