On Sat, 02 Sep 2006 18:07:03 +0100, Sacha wrote:

On 2/9/06 18:00, in article ,
"Chris Hogg" wrote:

On Sat, 02 Sep 2006 12:17:31 +0100, Sacha wrote:

Does anyone know where I can get hold of one these rarities!?

Only if you're prepared to import it from NZ.

http://www.hackfalls.com/cat/?cat=C

Thank you very much but I kicked that one up on Google, too! ;-)

Ah, you guessed!

Some lovely pictures on
http://www.picsearch.com/search.cgi?...bmit=Search%21

I've just noticed that Jennifer Trehane says in her camellia book that
it's a form of C. nitidissima. A search on that name might be more
rewarding. It's sub-tropical, not hardy and likes shade. Under glass
in the UK it's shy to flower. Camellia breeders are trying to produce
a hardier hybrid, but despite tens of thousands of hybrid seedlings
being raised, not one has the yellow colour of the parent.

It would be worth asking Trehanes if they have it, although it's not
in their catalogue. http://www.trehanenursery.co.uk/
They had close connections with the Jury family in NZ, raisers of many
superb camellia hybrids.


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Chris

E-mail: christopher[dot]hogg[at]virgin[dot]net