On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 21:15:50 GMT, "Natty_Dread"
in rec.gardens wrote:

Hi all -- I have a camellia in my southern-facing front yard which has just
begun to bloom. In the three years since I planted the bush, it's never had
flowers on it this early in the season-- it's always started blooming in
December or early January and the blooms have ended up dying on the bush
because we've had a bad frost or a snowstorm right as they begin to open.
I'm in Alexandria, VA, USDA Zone 7; is this usual? I'm glad it's blooming
now because I'll actually be able to appreciate the flowers, just I'm just
surprised. Has anyone else had this experience?

Rhonda
Alexandria, VA
Zone 7


Whether or not it is unusual I can't say, but I can say that we had the same
thing happen here in the front yard -- full sun -- in August. (In Georgia.)


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