Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Yardening part 5, Mid Atlantic, Nov 19 2014, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Terri--

My "Bob Hope" camellia has made it through winter for 13 years.
It is beautiful--but last winter all the flower buds froze off.
Now it is full of buds again. The buds form in fall and swell, slowly,
until it's bloom time--which is around the beginning of March.

I am sure you have seen me post photos of it--the triple-red huge blooms.
It is by my front door--protected on both sides by large, old shrubs.
It faces NW--and gets almost NO sun.
Camellias need this kind of protection. NO winter winds blowing on it...

I may be trimming it back a bit this year, in August. If anyone knows how to
propagate a camellia from cuttings, I will have plenty--just in time for the Fall Swap.

Gita