Carolina Gardening: Overpruned Camilla in WNC?, 1 by kcbronc

kcbronc wrote:
I moved in to a house in October '06 that had some overgrown gardens. Underneath all the out of control English Ivey there were a couple camellias that I decided to cut all the way to the ground early last summer. I figured if they came back great, if not I'd plant new ones and start over. Originally they were about 4 feet tall and 2 feet wide. To my surprise one of them is growing back nicely. Here is a picture of it which is about 18 inches tall.

I didn't really start gardening until I moved here, but what I have learned so far... if you want it to grow back then it won't. If you don't want it to grow back then it will. I guess that's why only one of mine grew back. :-)