| If it were me I would try to take her. She may not survive but I think it is worth a try. I have neighbors who have 40 and 50 year old camellias in thier yards and they don't know or appreciate what they have. Better to try to take it with you than leave it somewhere that they might just whack it down anyway. Check with one of the camellia societies to see if they can give some expert advice on how to do it. |
Here is a link that might be useful: ask an expert
| Moving a large camellia plant from DC to Arkansas will take a lot of skill and work, and unless you do it now, it may be too late (they don't move well in the spring and summer). An alternative to moving the entire plant is to make some air layers on a few limbs. Its simple and fun. A link is posted below, but it basically entails removing a ring of bark around a smaller limb, wrapping the wound in damp sphagnum moss to allow a root ball to form, then cutting it off in a few months after it has rooted out. (That limb will become your new plant.) You just pot it up, and then replant in Arkansas or leave it in the container. Nuthintoit. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Air Layering instructions
