I live in Ohio US . I was recently surprised to see a local botanical garden,showing blooming camelias . I will have to try them. How lovely to have outdoor blooms in cold weather
I think, it’s more like Camellia addiction!! I’m having withdrawal watching your video!! Knowing the growth requirements of camellia, wish I can have some of those gorgeous camellias!! 🥴
Camellia flowers will go brown with a late frost. They will also go brown if they get early morning sun because they often have dew on their petals at that time and the sun burns them. Camellias like a sheltered position in dappled shade where they are not exposed to morning sun. Hope this helps.
The family that trained me with orchids specialized in Camellas...Chico State University has many of them on campus along with their Roses. They traveled the world for plants....great video.. Thanks....
@@GardeningatDouentza I know more about orchids than Camellas or roses...as a kid I worked at Harry&David's Bear Creek Orchards in the Jackson Perkins rose area. 😂
Camellias are so nice, they should be coming into bloom here in Florida. Maybe I can ask my friend Will if I can record his camellias which some his grandfather planted back in the 1930's and 1940's. I'd like to get a few sinensis to produce my own tea.
It would be great if you could make that video. I would love to see it. Camellia sinensis isn't very showy but it's fun to make the tea and it really tastes great, even in Ireland's lousy climate 🤗
@@GardeningatDouentza a famous music artist who goes by camellia used like two seconds of this video and left it as a source in the description of his video
Beautiful, I can imagine you wandering through there for quite a while enjoying the blooms and taking notes. Along the coast here in south Florida they don't seem to thrive. I planted one a few years ago and it just got weaker and weaker until I pulled it out.
That is a shame, Michael, but I guess we need to take the lead from our gardens. There is no point in growing something that is always struggling. Besides, you grow a heap of amazing stuff in Florida 😁
@@JoshuaKevinPerry It was under an oak tree and a "heat tolerant" variety. I know it gets hot in GA, but you guys typically cool down at night. Here, from June through August, it really doesn't unless storms come through late. (last summer was horrible, it was quite dry and most days started at 85)
I want a greenhouse like that! Here in the Carolinas camellias are a welcome part of the winter landscape with their blooms. I've seen three different varieties growing on the same bush. They must take well to grafting!
I love love love Camellias. My soil is not acid and tried several times to grow them in pots but they do not do well either. I guess I do not give them enough moisture, they also dry too fast in our summer. But north of Portugal they grow wonderfully and we can see huge specimen in gardens planted in the ground.
That is unfortunate. I saw amazing camellia trees in Madeira but they were not in bloom so I was so pleased to catch this collection in flower. I am lucky because camellias do really well in my garden so I feel some purchases coming on 🤗
Estan bellisimas estas camelias, pero las tienen protegidas en invernaderos ya que Alemania es muy frío. Una hermosa colecciones de camelias. Saludos desde México City. En México City crecen estupendas al aire libre, tengo una colección personal de aproximadamente 50 y estan fantasticas, gracias al buen clima en esta ciudad, así como suelos ácidos y bien drenados de tipo volcánico. El video esta SUPER. Felicidades.
I think both of these questions are answered in the video. They need shade and acid soil. You may find some varieties that tolerate neutral soil if you research it.
No species? I noticed I only have 4 species out of a total of 8 orchids. What am I going to do with my life now? T_T Apart from that, lovely Camellia display. I would really like to get one fragrant Camellia one day. :)
What a wasted life 😂 🤣 You are obviously the person who likes the unusual - the yellow hellebore, the pink delphinium! While scent is lovely I often feel that we should seek out what a plant offers naturally rather than expected it to mimic something else. Just my opinion 😁
@@GardeningatDouentza And I gave away a Hoya macgillivrayii cause it smelled like magnolia plastic and crayons. It's stronger than me, but you are right, that's why I keep my 6 Hippeastrum. No scent whatsoever, but what a beauty, it's undeniable. ^_^
Son todas tan hermosa soy fan de esas tengo algunas pero me encantaría tener algunas variedades que tiene y que no las ay a qui venden al público y pueden mandarlas gracias
Really wonderful plants that can be a floriferous precursor to azaleas and Rhododendrons. As you noted they must be sighted correctly and given a moist, rich acid soil. It’s very sad when you see the lovely petals turning brown and mushy prematurely due to incorrect culture, though some years it can be inclement weather that mars their beauty. Personally, I think they make a nice deep green, waxy leaved foliage plant, when not in bloom.
Btw, if you want a baobab (Adansonia digitata) in your life, I will be selling some for 5 euros each pot in a few months (every pot will have two plants, they have germinated already, but I have to pot them yet), when they get bigger. I will be selling seeds too, cause I have lots of them now, and I am not going to plant like 150 baobabs.