Light Up A Camellia For Christmas

                                  Happy Holidays !!

Yoi Maichi

  Bridget sent this photo of Yoi Maichi . That she has blooming now.  It has been a great fall

       

Larry Bates Nursery

      The Larry Bates Nursery, is doing a great service for those of us looking for harder to find camellias.   They sell very nice healthy plants at reasonable prices.  Be aware that camellias sent through the mail, are generally kind of small.  But of all the places I have ordered from, the ones that came from Larry Bates have been the largest , and have a nice full shape.
         
                                     
                            Here is one ,that I recently received
       
                                                                     

I have had two experiences ordering from the Larry Bates Nursery, and both were exceptional.

They have great customer service, and are very attentive.

When ordering in the spring, do it early .

Because I think that they stop shipping sometime in late April

Also be aware that not all of the plants that they sell, will be hardy here. Since they are in Louisiana

So do your research before selecting plants

Here is a link to the site

    https://squareup.com/market/larry-bates-nursery

Autumn Sunrise 2015

          Im not sure why, but the flowers on Autumn Sunrise , seem more brightly colored this year

Suzuki`s Cameillia / George Adams

I have exciting news.............

about 3 years ago,  Jim brought in some seedlings that he grew from seeds that Suzuki brought in.from his yard .  The one that I received is blooming for the first time, and it is Beautiful !    
           It is blooming now, because I have it indoors.  I didn`t want to plant it out till it grew a bit bigger.

New One / George Adams

This is Paradise Blush.  I planted it in the spring.     I am a bit worried about how it will do, after what happened last winter.   But some of the ones I didn`t expect to do well, really surprised me, So I figured I would give it a try
           It has a really nice flower form,  The flowers don`t last as long as some of the fall bloomers. But it is pretty

                     

Korean Fire- correction

I stated earlier that all the flowers on my Korean Fire plants had been killed this winter.
        That was not true .  There were a lot of hidden buds that did eventually bloom......... Very Late.
 The end of  May to be precise .
            So I had Korean fire and some others , blooming on Labor day.........How strange.  I have never seen that before