Chris Hogg8/12/03 7:40
On Sun, 07 Dec 2003 18:42:32 +0000, Sacha
wrote:
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.
The best I can do is c. jap. 'holly bright'. Described as light red
semi-double, leaves serrated and holly-like, flower petals creped with
serrated edges. The 'three fingers' bit has me puzzled though. Never
come across anything like that before. Perhaps they're just
exaggerated serrations.
Thanks, Chris but these are quite definitely three 'lobes' in the end of
each leaf. Ray now tells me that I am wrong and that they came originally
from Agatha Christie's garden's nursery, Greenways, so a bit of digging
through our old files *might* identify it. I'll post on it again, if we
find out more.
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Sacha
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