It being Tuesday, my day was spent at Mount Edgcumbe. There are still a few sections of Camellia plantings that I have not properly documented. One such is the first group of Camellias that was planted to get the collection off the ground. This was back in 1976, when 50 plants, donated by the International … Continue reading A walk in the park
Month: November 2017
Sasanqua season – 4
Or to put it another way, notes from my day at Mount Edgcumbe yesterday. There were a lot of things blooming in the park yesterday. The sasanquas are in some cases going over, for example 'Hugh Evans', 'Tanya' and 'Plantation Pink'. Some, for example 'Narumigata', 'Bonanza' and 'Gay Sue' are still in full flow, a few … Continue reading Sasanqua season – 4
Sasanqua season – 3
Yesterday, wanting a change from Mt Edgcumbe, I paid a visit to Trewithen. The garden is closed now for the season, reopening March 1st 2018, but head gardener Gary kindly let me loose with my camera. Part of the reason that the winter flowering camellias are not so well known is that many of the … Continue reading Sasanqua season – 3
Sasanqua season – 2
Sunday took me to the other side of Devon, to the garden of a camellia enthusiast with a particular liking for scented blooms. Outside of the National Collection it was certainly the biggest range of autumn/winter flowering camellias I have seen in one place. Some were varieties I was familiar with, some varieties I knew … Continue reading Sasanqua season – 2
Sasanqua season
I put this montage together to post on Twitter but couldn't do names. Here they are: Row 1 Winter's Toughie Unknown Hugh Evans Rainbow Daikagura Plantation Pink Row 2 Baronesa de Soutelinho Tanya Narumigata November Pink sasanqua Paradise Glow Row 3 Gloire de Nantes Winter's Dream Lavender Queen Gay Sue Show Girl Snow Flurry Row … Continue reading Sasanqua season
Jim's Camellias 