I would like to make it clear that I do not grow or supply plants or propagation material. I am simply a Camellia enthusiast writing about Camellias. I may be able to advise about availability in the UK but I do not know what is available elsewhere.
Notes from the park – 26/4/2024
The tail end of the camellia season always seems to bring with it a flurry of tasks that need to be completed before other competing interests become impossible to ignore. My big task, as far as Mount Edgcumbe is concerned, has been to identify and map the Camellias in the Earl's garden. This is the … Continue reading Notes from the park – 26/4/2024
Notes from the park – 21/3/2024
My intention of producing regular videos of the Mount Edgcumbe camellia collection has fallen by the wayside somewhat. Bad weather has restricted how often I have been able to visit and I have only had time for a more limited set of tasks. When I visited yesterday I had a list of plants I wanted … Continue reading Notes from the park – 21/3/2024
Mount Edgcumbe Video Diary – February 2024
I had intended posting a video each month during the Camellia flowering season but the first half of January was such an alternation of frosty spells and storms that the flowers were either not opening or getting trashed if they did. I had two days when I did some filming, 30th January and 1st February, … Continue reading Mount Edgcumbe Video Diary – February 2024
Progress report
I’ve just spent several weeks working my way through the Mount Edgcumbe collection records to bring them up to date. I have done much the same with the galleries of pictures under the Mt Edgcumbe tab on this website. For most sections of the collection I have added another column of images, so that each … Continue reading Progress report
Mount Edgcumbe Video Diary – December 2023
In my own garden, I can see that the sun has just come out and is highlighting a particular plant, grab the camera and go. Mount Edgcumbe is a half hour drive away, it is a planned trip and I pretty much have to make the best of whatever the weather comes up with on … Continue reading Mount Edgcumbe Video Diary – December 2023
Another day at the office
The weather forecast for yesterday was terrible but it was the only day this week that I was going to be able to get up to Mt. Edgcumbe so I sketched it in as a day for engraving labels. On the day, the weather had a change of heart but I spent the morning doing … Continue reading Another day at the office
For the first time.
Planting of new Camellias at Mount Edgcumbe has been somewhat sporadic in recent years but there has been enough to ensure that every year there are things flowering for the first time. This year has been slightly different in that there are a few things flowering, or at least in bud, that are far from … Continue reading For the first time.
Single, white and troublesome.
When I was at Mount Edgcumbe yesterday I noted that two of the single white japonica camellias were beginning to open. 10th November is early for japonicas to be opening but that wasn't them main reason I chose to dig a little deeper. The two plants both had names on them that appeared to be … Continue reading Single, white and troublesome.
Mount Edgcumbe video diary – November 2023
https://youtu.be/AHS09m7Wki4 My second filming trip to the park this autumn was on November 10th. In spite of weeks of wet and windy weather, the camellias were putting on a respectable show. Some of the earliest flowerers, like 'Hugh Evans', 'Plantation Pink', 'New Dawn' and 'Baronesa de Soutelinho' were past their peak but plenty of others … Continue reading Mount Edgcumbe video diary – November 2023
The Mount Edgcumbe collection, a video diary.
October 2023 https://youtu.be/RzzzJFuHiL0 I am going to try to create a short video at roughly monthly intervals to give you a better idea of the camellia collection in its setting. My first attempt was filmed on 9th October 2023 when the autumn flowering 'sasanqua' camellias were just beginning to perform. It's just short of 11 … Continue reading The Mount Edgcumbe collection, a video diary.
Jim's Camellias 