Beginner Gardening: Camellia Forum?, 1 by BamaBelle

BamaBelle wrote:
Oh you know...I'd complain but who would listen? My doc skipped the country without providign for continuity of care and really caused a mess for me and a few hundred other patients. Can't even get copies of my medical records. I hate being dependent on supposed 'professionals'.

My brug is still blooming up a storm. It has another flush of buds coming up now. Each flush seems to increase bloom count by anywhere form 25% to 50%. It is a weird brug. 1/3 of the blooms ar shredded. 1/3 of them are semi shredded. 1/3 of them are normal. My other brug never did bloom this year. I think this one did so well because I buried a bunch of fish heads and guts by the roots...and the other one was planted too close to the field fance and it was a constant battle to keep the mites under control. I'm going to move it before next year. I've got a friend who bought a gorgeous peach colored brug with vareigated leaves. I'm hoping she remembers that she promised me a rooting off of it. Meanwhile, my cousin, who fishes a LOT, has ben freezing her fish heads and guts for me so I can provide all my heavy feeders with a steady supply of organic fertilizer till the fish start biting next summer.

We've had a couple of nippy nights, but most days are still in the 70s here. No frosts at all. They are predicting a slightly colder and wetter winter than usual because of the mild El Nino. We'll see. The Farmer's Almanac says the opposite.

Here is one of my C. Kimona Sakura blooming. I also have another one of them with a bud on it and a C. Miss Pearl blooming. Waiting on C. Ladawana, C. Purple Queen and C. Orange Kiss to bloom. Also my Leonatis Leonura (wild dagga) is covered with buds and a few have nice furry orange Lion's tails hanging out. Don't you wish you lived here? Come on down when you get ready to retire...Bring the green house so we can grow orchids...