Camellias in Britain – an informal history Now that spring is in full flight and Camellias are in bloom all around us, it is natural to wonder how these exotic beauties first came to British shores. While in its native China and Japan, stories of the camellia [...]
Camellia Japonica Red Varieties – camellia hedge bursting with flower buds Britain has a long association with the Camellia Tree or The China Rose, as it was originally referred to in the late 1700s, when ambitious horticulturalists of the day first began to grow camellias in this [...]
Give your Mum a marvellous surprise this Mother’s Day and a gift for life by choosing a present from our beautiful mature plants range. To help you choose, we have put together a selection of our all-time favourite Mothers Day Plants for Presents. First 2 blooms on an early [...]
Mature Multi-Stem Camellias are growing in popularity. These three varieties of Camellia trees have been trained to have multi-stems with a vigorous bushy crown and are just covered in buds and blooms. These are essentially mature camellia plants shaped over time as multi-stem trees. While these are large plants, you [...]
Winter flowering Camellia Sasanqua is perhaps less well known than its spring flowering relative Camellia Japonica. Nevertheless, Camellia Sasanquas, such as the lovely Camellia Sasanqua Cleopatra White are a garden treasure, bringing uplifting colour and fragrance to the garden from autumn right through to early spring – exactly when it’s [...]
The best time to plant Camellias in the UK is undoubtedly the Autumn and early winter, it’s logical when you think of it, just like the sea, the soil begins to warm from Spring onwards, by the end of the summer and in early autumn the soil is at its [...]
