Chris Hogg7/12/03 6:14

On Sat, 06 Dec 2003 18:36:04 +0000, Sacha
wrote:

How annoying of you! I thought I had it pegged but ...... but
back to the drawing board. Could you tell me where you live (by email, if
you prefer)
Where Camellias are concerned, I am certain about *nothing*. I had an ex
father in law who was big fan of Camellias and grew them extensively and a
friend of his was Vi Lort-Phillips, an ex Pres of the Camellia Society (?)
Anything I wanted to know, I just asked them - made me very lazy. ;-(
Sorry!

Sorry to be a pain, but I just wanted to make the point (which you
took) that it's not only sasanquas that may be in flower now,
especially in milder areas and this year.
snip of very useful info, which I've filed!
Incidentally, most of the above was cribbed from Jennifer Trehane's
book! I'm no expert in my own right, although I do have a number of
camellias. If you do get a flower from your mother, I would suggest
Trehane's at Wimborne or Burncoose nurseries at Redruth might be good
places to get it identified.

Thank you for all this. AND, while we're about it - today, Ray planted a
few Camellias which we got from a specialist a year or three ago (we don't
make a big thing out of selling Camellias, if only because everyone else
does ;-) and he can't remember which they are. The leaves are very
interesting. They're serrated, almost like holly leaves and have three
'fingers' at the end. The serration might suggest a C japonica? But the
three fingers are something I've never seen before. Does that ring a bell
with you? I *think* he got them from the chap who grows Camellias over
towards Slapton but I'm not certain about that.


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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
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