Camellia Sasanquas?

[terese]

Can anyone recommend a good online source for Camellia Sasanqua? I'm looking for C. 'Snow Flurry' or 'Snow on Fuji' and C. 'Midnight Lover' or 'Christmas Rose' :wub:

[decompost]

:D you've got a p.m.
not sure if they've got everything on your list, but they do list christmas rose.

[terese]

Ooo THANK YOU ELLIE!! :wub: :D

[decompost]

;) my pleasure, i luuuuuuv those sasanquas, i noticed that they also have snow flurry listed :)

[terese]

:D yeah!! i'm so excited!! i keep changing my mind on what to espalier against my fence...and most everything i wanted was a tender perennial. -_- these should do great and they're evergreen AND they'll start blooming when most everything else is done for the year. :D A comination of Snow Flurry and one of the reds down the entire length of the fence....i think. :unsure:

[decompost]

:wub: oh, that sounds really beautiful!! i think they're just gorgeous at any time of the year,
the foliage is so glossy, and i think their trunks are attractive, too.
-_- and when they bloom :wub: :wub: :wub: va va va voom


this one is at the front corner of our property, near the street
it actually has "stopped traffic" :lol:

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b77/ozonetraveler/the%20garden/the%20plants/11-05-05019.jpg

same one, different view

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b77/ozonetraveler/the%20garden/the%20plants/11-05-05021.jpg

both of these photos were taken this weekend.

[grindle]

:D that's pretty

[terese]

:mellow: :mellow: :mellow: That would stop me in my tracks for sure!! :wub: :wub: Thanks for posting the pictures! :D

[MrSeedy]

I think I first fell in love with camellias , when I lived in California and the house I was sharing had a huge white japonica one next to the house that was higher than the house. That one was also very fragrant. You can't beat them for beautiful flowers and those very lovely evergeen leaves. I haven't checked the on-line sources for camellias lately , but I only saw one souce I'd seen before at last check and I wouldn't mind ordering another one or two. To tell the truth however, even the somewhat small plants I ordered a couple of years back were a bit "big" for "starters" as I like to train them a bit from the very beginning so they'll better fit my limited space indoors, and that's one major problem I have with them since they normally grow into very large bushes or even small trees. A bit big for indoor growing after just a few years. I only wish my winters would permit growing them in the ground so I could have those larger plants that can be covered literally with hundreds of blooms come fall, winter , or spring.

[boo]

Oooo those are gorgeous :wub: :wub: How old are yours ellie?

Terese, I think that would look really nice. :wub: I can't wait to see which ones you decide to get.

[DandyLioness]

OMG! They're HUGE and gorgeous! Blooming now?? I thought they were a "spring" flowerer!?!? <_<

[terese]

It's gonna take me a while to narrow it down to just two. -_- christmas rose i think and either Winter's Cupid or Winter's Waterlily. :wub:

Dandy there are both Fall and Spring blooming camellias. ;)

[erdine]

wow, that is gorgeous. I love camellias and in Vancouver, there are so many old old ones that bloom their hearts out. huge plants, but have never seen fall blooming ones before.

[decompost]

How old are yours ellie?
i've been steadily adding both the spring and fall-blooming varieties,
but that one was already a big specimen when we moved here,
my guess is that it was probably planted not long after the house was built,
so it is most likely about 50 years old, it is roughly 12-15 feet tall.

[MrSeedy]

I guess there are literally "forests" of them in their countries of origin , where some maybe over a hundred years old. You can stroll through those forests under the canopy!! Azaleas are known to get that big as well, in those areas.

[terese]

I guess there are literally "forests" of them in their countries of origin , where some maybe over a hundred years old. You can stroll through those forests under the canopy!! Azaleas are known to get that big as well, in those areas.
:mellow: :mellow: Wow...

so who's up for a trip to the other side of the world? We can check out the Great Wall and and we can visit Shanghai for shopping and then to the Suzhou which is famous for it's gardens and silk. :wub: Then we can hop a plane and visit Japan home of Hello Kitty and oh yeah...Camellias too. :blink:

[buster]

Decompost, that is awesome. I wonder if they grow in my zone 3/4? Connie

[MrSeedy]

Sorry buster, but the answer's no. The hardiest ones that have been in developement for quite a few years now , are still rated reliably hardy to zone 6 or 5 maybe in a sheltered location and if you stretch things a bit. I've been tempted to try the hardier ones here in my zone 5-6 garden, but not sure they'd even survive our temperatures in winter. They aren't the cheapest plants just to "give a try"!!