“These popular evergreen shrubs require very little pruning.” Advice on pruning Camellias generally starts from the above standpoint, taken from George Brown’s “The Pruning of Trees, Shrubs and Conifers.” The implication is that very little pruning will ever be required and that you’ll probably get away with none at all. Camellias however, are long lived … Continue reading Pruning.
Month: March 2019
On labelling and re-labelling.
I spent most of my volunteer day this week putting on labels. I have for some months been working my way systematically through the Mount Edgcumbe collection putting numbers onto the reverse of the labels to identify individual plants. I have been noting broken and missing labels as I’ve progressed and have attached temporary labels … Continue reading On labelling and re-labelling.
Little things
As a blogger I feel I should be producing output on a fairly regular basis, but also that I should keep quiet until I have something to say. Real life doesn't always work like that and my dealings with camellias consist of a constant trickle of trivia around which I would struggle to construct any … Continue reading Little things
Jim's Camellias 