European Gardening: Winter Flowers, 1 by wallaby1

wallaby1 wrote:
Hi Pat, the coldest day we had last Friday and I go out and take pics! My neighbour has a huge Viburnum that alwasy seems to be making flowers. We have so many flowers in summer it seems the few that may present themselves in winter are more interesting!

The Camellias are autumn flowering varieties, C. sasanqua is crossed with other species. Navajo can be risky when young but kept in a greenhouse until it gets some size it now lives outside, survived last winter easily. It has a strong musky scent too, Autumn King has a light scent. They desparately need ground space, I think next year will have to be their turn, I have about 20 altogether! Terrible job when the wind keeps blowing them all over.

Autumn King is a sprawling shrub