Can i have your support please!!!

Oh! That's wonderful! Now if we can figure out the other details such as:

Height: Do the various cultivars differ, or is there a height range that pretty much encompasses all of them?

Bloom time: The database in the link above lists them as early, mid, late I think? How can we convert that to the options we currently have in PlantFiles?

Sun Exposure: Does that also vary, or is it pretty consistent for all Camellias?

Foliage: Evergreen? Anything else?

Soil pH?

Propagation methods?

You can fill in the details where it says 'Unknown, Tell us', and if something is already filled in incorrectly, just hit the red 'Report an Error' button and we are more than willing to help in any way we can. The PlantFiles database is only as good as the data that's put in, so if we can work together to get the Camellia section up to speed, that would be wonderful!

Here's a link to the Camellia entries currently in PlantFiles that need some help in being completed. http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/adv_search.php?searcher[common]=&searcher[family]=&searcher[genus]=Camellia&searcher[species]=&searcher[cultivar]=&searcher[hybridizer]=&searcher[grex]=&search_prefs[blank_cultivar]=&search_prefs[sort_by]=rating&images_prefs=both&Search=Search

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Here is the Atlantic Coast Camellia society. I believe there is one for Louisiana also.

http://www.atlanticcoastcamelliasociety.com/index.html

I'm not sure Gloria.

Yea,Gloria,if you can get this book you would enjoy it.It has all kinds of stuff in their.

Camellias are my very favorite flower but......of course, we can't grow them in our alkaline soil and heat. I just drool when I can find them at the florist. Certainly hoping you get a forum. I would just sit and drool like I do over the orchids.

One of my daughters is the luckiest person. Her nice stepmother works as an assistant to a lady in Houston who owns a farm of camellias in another state. She sends my daughter a giant bouquet each month just to be nice. I happen to be there sometimes when they are sooo fresh and magnificent.

** edited to say that camellias stand hands and heads above 99 percent of all flowers God made!

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Thanks Gessiegail,but you should be able to grow some their.You should be able to grow the Reticulata Camellia's.
1.'Mudan Cha'-Zones 9-10
2.'Zaotaohong'-Zones 9-10
3.'Zaomudan'-Zones 9-10
4.'Houye Diechi'-Zones 9-10
5.'Captain Rawes'-Zones 9-10



Yes their are all different kinds of beautiful Camellias.

Those are beautiful flowers.I just love all the colors,shape and size of Camellias.

Gloria,i don't think we have one.

Thanks, RoseGirl as I didn't think that even if I amended the soil to a rich acidic soil, I could grow them. Now.......the secret is where to find those you mentioned that will grow here!

You are very welcomeGessiegail, if you click on the pages of the pictures i posted on their.Click on the picture and it will show you the flower better.Ask around at your nurserys,or call others they are around somewhere.You can have Camellias don't give up.

Gessiegail,Tsaii is also Zone 9-10.

Can't wait to add camellias to my list!

I know what you mean.I have a total of 8 camellias,but i want to get more.

gessie, do camillias fair well in Houston? I was told when I tried them in San Antonio that they will get disease---mildew problems to is it???? Something. Anyhow, so I've not invested in them yet.

Tir_Na_Nog,as i was telling Gessie that their are Camellias for zones 9-10.As i was telling her the Reticulata Camellias sould grow their.
The Rrticulata Camellia List for Zones 9-10.
1.Tsaii
2.Saluenensis
3.Mudan Cha
4.Zaotaohong
5.Zaomudan
6.Houye Diechi
7.Captain Rawes

Thank-you!

They can get diseases like scale which could lead to a fungus but they are very preventable. A good oil like Neem or Sunspray will smother any scale and keep things under control. I haven't had any problems in many years and I have about 2 dozen camellias and I live in a very humid location, not unlike Houston.

I think it is easier to amend the soil in Houston than it is here, but I am going to try.

I thought the hibiscus co-op was starting today?That's what you need to do Cody is start a co-op for the Camellias.

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How exciting would THAT be?

Sorry Synda,that would be neat but i don't know how and i'm only just trying to get a forum going.I'm not holding my breath on that.

Tir_Na_Nog,you are very welcome.

Here is more pictures of Giulio Nuccio Camellia.By the way it is a verigated one.

Picture 2.

Picture 3.

Picture 4.

Picture 5.

Here is few more pictures of the Mathotiana,it is also Verigated.

This is another pictuer of it.

The Shrub they are on.

More pictures of the Professor Sargent.

Professor Sargent.

I'M not sure which one this is.It is a lighter Pink.

TheRoseGirl, I was just in New Orleans for a few days and of course I drooled over all the Camellia that were in bloom. I was amazed at the fact that when I was in NOLA for Christmas, many were in bloom then as well. What a nice long season.

I have been contemplating trying a couple of the more hardy ones on Nantucket zone 7a that are growing on well on Martha's Vineyard at the Polly Hill Arboretum. Many planted in the 70's. So I know they should be fine here, if planted in the right spot. This is a good article for cold hardy ones. And the second one from the American Camellias Society is very helpful to us would be northern growers.

http://camellia-ics.org/_ics/ackerm1.htm

http://www.camellias-acs.com/display.aspx?catid=2,248

I will be back in New Orleans again in April and will be curious to see what is in bloom. The Magnolias were also spectacular. Patti

Camellia 'Winter's Hope'
Camellia japonica 'Frost Queen'
Camellia japonica 'Kumasaka'
Camellia japonica 'Park's Hybrid'
Camellia japonica 'Showa-no-hikari'
Camellia oleifera
Camellia saluenensis
Camellia x williamsii 'Donation'

The camellias in NOLA will likely be finished or close to it by April but gthere iwll be lots more in bloom by then.

RoseGirl, that Mathotiana is interesting. I have several of that cultivar myself but have never seen a variegated one before.

RoseGirl, what zone do you live in and do you naturally have acidic soil where you live. There are so many good acidic soil places in Louisiana.

Ardesia,it's a random mutation of Mathotiana,sported about 30 years ago on my husbands aunt's bush.Half the bush has varigated flowers and the other is normal.


That goes for the same on the Giulio Nuccio.

Gessiegail,i live in zones 8b.The soil here is ok but not that good.We have clay in some areas,so we have to build up our soil with compost.

Thanks!