Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Holiday Cacti General Discussion Part #2, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
CAMELIAS!!!!!!!!! i HAVE ONE--AND IT IS GORGEOUS!!! Variety--"Bob Hope"...

PLEASE tell me what you do to root cuttings.. When" How? In what?

My Camellia "guru" has always been Mike Quinn in GA, I have sent him boxes-full of cuttings.
He seems to know how to propagate them.

Two years ago--I cut back my Camellia to the nubs. On Mike's advice.
They were having some kind of fungusy leaf issues that would kick in the middle of winter....
I have photos...bur won't hog the space here to post them.

Mike told me to cut back my Camellia severely and let it re-grow.
It has been re-growing--but there are no buds on it for next year. Still re-growing....

I want to take some cuttings of it next spring. Missed out on it this summer. always meant to--but never did.
Now the new growth has become "woody". Have to wait until late next summer to take cuttings.

Here is how it looked after I cut it back.