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Thinking Small.

Posted by longriver SF Bay Area (My Page) on
Mon, Jan 29, 07 at 0:32

Most of us think that camellia is a rose-like beautiful show flower. Well it is much more than that. If you already have quite a few of standard camellias in your yard. Let's think about the camellias of small but massive arching flowers. It will add an unspeakable beauty and mind setting to your garden. There are a few camellia species producing very cute, tiny but massive flowers. Many can be purchased in U S. I have a few listed as follows:

C. transnokoensis.(attached picture) induced to bloom earlier by setting it in my living room.
C lutchuensis
C. cuspidate
C. grijsii 'Zhenzhucha'
C. forrestii
C. parvilimba
C. minutiflora
C. yuhsienensis
C. trichoclada
C. puniceiflora

Actually many camellia gardeners in Australia, I heard, love to grow the graceful species in their gardens and parks.

Here is a link that might be useful: [IMG]http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a182/wangjohn666/Ctransnokoensis-1.jpg[/IMG]


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RE: Thinking Small.

lovely. i agree with you about the "size" thing - it doesn't have to be big and bold to be beautiful!
i am particularly fond of white flowers and the form of the flowering branch in your photo almost brings to mind the image of an orchid.


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RE: Thinking Small.

The essence of C. lutchuensis is the sweet pronounced fragrance. Many just point the finger, shouting " I want this plant". Especially When they see a rather large lutchuensis plant in full blooming. The tiny massive fragrant flowers and cute leaves is impressive.

Here is a link that might be useful: [IMG]http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a182/wangjohn666/Clutchuensis.jpg[/IMG]


 
 

 

 


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