On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 15:32:13 +0000, Sacha wrote:

On 2010-03-02 13:26:01 +0000, Gopher said:

In message , Stephen
Wolstenholme writes
After the cold winter our camellia has many more buds than usual.

It looks like the bad winter may result in much better budding.

Is this normal for camellia?

Steve

Although I am unsure whether it's normal or not our camellias are
certainly bud laden this year as are those in friends gardens. Let's
hope we don't get an ill timed late frost to blight the show. Last
couple of years our plum blossoms were blasted - only a handful of
fruit as opposed to the normal heavy crop.

Fingers crossed!

Fingers crossed indeed. Ours are also heavy with buds but is it the
cold - doubt it - or is it some other kind of stress they've been under?

Like what? Isn't cold a stress?

Steve

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