This C. sasanqua variety is called "Sparkling Burgundy." If there was ever a plant that was considered royalty in southern landscapes the camellias would undoubtedly be it. They have been grown in our ...

I am looking forward to the Tidewater Camellia Club Show and Sale on Saturday, Feb. 26 from 10 a.m.– 3 p.m. I first became aware of the Camellia Show and Sale about 10 years ago after I had heard ...

Often when your focus is on one plant group, especially since I am a camellia grower, show-er and judge of camellias, you may, at times, feel as if there are no other plants and certainly no room for ...

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama-- We moved up to this area from the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina. Recently I saw several plants that look like camellias blooming but it seems earlier than what I remember ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It can be heartbreaking to see your once-gorgeous camellia tree (Camellia japonica, Camellia reticulata, Camellia sasanqua) begin to wither.

As many plants wind down for the year, camellias come into their own. The glossy, deep-green Southern aristocrats brighten the cool season with perfect blooms. We mainly grow two camellia species here ...

NEW PALTZ, N.Y. — Remind me not to plant camellias. Not that camellias (Camellia japonica) aren’t wonderful plants, with their elegant, sometimes fragrant, blossoms and their glossy, evergreen foliage ...

Very few woody plants (trees and shrubs) are best planted while they are in bloom. Most of our trees and shrubs bloom in spring and summer, and spring and summer are not ideal times to plant them ...

Q: I have attached photos of a plant that has been growing in my back yard since we moved in four years ago. I have lived in Mobile for all of my 51 years and have never seen anything quite like it.

Plant Camellia sasanqua for more reasons than aesthetics. In the past I grew Camellia sasanqua for the attractive winter flowers that contrast so beautifully with the dark-green evergreen foliage.