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25.01.2022 Anna from Melbourne asks for identification of this:

24.01.2022 Some of my favourites in our garden. Not what you would call prize winning blooms, but I like them because they are a little different!

24.01.2022 A few in flower in the garden Bridgewater

24.01.2022 We have just been informed by Ray Garnett’s daughter Ann Hardy that Ray passed away peacefully last night at the age of 92. Ray has left the camellia world some wonderful legacies with his hybridising of many great cultivars. The world has lost not only a great supporter to the camellia world but also a true gentleman. 4 lovely camellias originated by Ray.

23.01.2022 Camellia Jinpan Lizhi( Gold Tray Lychee) we found this in china in 1991at the back of a Restaurant near Chuxiong Yunnan and got some cuttings . From the very old tree.

23.01.2022 C.x williamsii ‘E G Waterhouse’

23.01.2022 This is been around before - but it a good guide. What your plant’s leaves are telling you.

19.01.2022 It seems the Canberra Spring Bulbs and Camellia Show is still being held so those still with Camellias go to their website for entry rules.

19.01.2022 Camellia hybrid Spring daze a joy to see the flowers every year.

19.01.2022 Camellia Japonica Iris Australia 1868 Baptist Sydney a very rare camellia

18.01.2022 Royston (C.japonica) C.Aust., Camellia News, Autumn 2008, No.176, p.13, colour photo p.19, Reg. No. 573. A chance seedling of Charlie Bettes. Originated by by Roy. H. Campbell, Maddington, Western Australia. The off-white, rose form double flower has 48 petals, is 13 cm across x 6 cm deep, and flowers early to mid-season on a compact , bushy plant. Leaves mid-green, glossy and keeled. Flowers fall whole.

18.01.2022 Todays walk through the shadehouse.

16.01.2022 Miss Rebecca (C.reticulata) Australian Regn 708' ACRS, 1983, Adelaide Plains Branch, South Australia, Newletter; ACS., 1986, American Camellia Yearbook, p.93, Reg. No.1992: A very large, red, rose form double chance C.reticulata seedling of 'Purple Gown', (Zipao), originated by E. Kettle, Victoria, Australia that flowers mid-season to late. First bloomed 1968. Average flower size, 15 cm across x 3.8 cm deep. Plant growth is upright and medium with light green leaves. Chinese synonym 'Libeika Xiaojie'.

16.01.2022 Brilliant Bells (C.x williamsii) C. Aust., Camellia News, No.190, Spring 2012, p.26 with colour photo; Regn No.663. A chance seedling of C.x williamsii ‘Waltz Dream’, first flowering in 2003. A trumpet shaped, miniature to small single, with 5-6 slightly ruffled orchid rose petals of similar colour to the seed parent. A typical bloom is 55-70 mm across and 30-40 mm deep, with a divided pistil originally extending above the column of pale yellow stamens which are capped with ...bright yellow pollen which quickly dulls. Free flowering from early to late season and no petaloids have ever been sighted. The flowers fall whole. The upright, spreading plant of medium growth rate has flat, glossy, elliptic, medium green leaves with an acute apex and which are finely serrate. The mature leaf is about 85 x 45 mm and the petiole is about 10 mm in length. The small seeds are released from small, pear shaped See more

15.01.2022 Debbies on a branch!

14.01.2022 C.reticulata ‘Glorious Gift’

09.01.2022 Pink Bounty (C.x williamsii) ACRS, Camellia News, Autumn 2005, No.167, p.18, colour photo p.19, Reg. No.560. Originated by Neil D. Saltmarsh, Warragul, Vic., Australia. Seed parent C.x williamsii Donation, pollen parent unknown. A semi-double, delicate pink (RHS.CC.56C- 56D), cup-shaped flower of 15 petals, 13.5 cm diameter x 5.5 cm deep. Colour fades to base of petals. Petals notched. Flowers freely over a long season on an upright, bushy plant of rapid growth. Leaves dark green, glossy, flat, narrowly elliptic, acute apex and base, fine serrations, 11 cm long x 4 cm wide. When in full bloom, plant displays a weeping form.

08.01.2022 Lady Gowrie (C.x williamsii) Waterhouse, 1952, Camellia Trail, p.31: Large semi-double, 12-13 cm across with about 20 petals and a narrow cylinder of slender stamens. The tall petals are deeply notched at the apex, forming two lobes. Colour fuchsine pink (627/2 to /1). Raised from seed by E.G. Waterhouse, Gordon, N.S.W., Australia from a plant of C.saluenensis from Marchants Nursery, England. See colour photo p.51, Macoboy, 1981, The Colour Dictionary of Camellias. Received an RHS, P.C.,1963.

07.01.2022 Hi. Any ideas on names on this one? Thanks. Melbourne.