Those are gorgeous! What variety is the red one?

Thanks

Wayne,
The second and third one were both labeled as "April Dawn" and I have read that there can be a lot of variation in the flower color. I don't know if it was labeled wrong at the nursery or if it's just one of the variations. Maybe next year if both plants have a lot of flowers I will see how they compare. This is only the second year for both and they only had a few blooms each.

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Bill, Thanks, I'm in 6b also and would like to plant some Camellias. Your information is very helpful.

I think you'll enjoy them. Actually one of the easiest shrubs to take care of for me and pretty rewarding too.

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April Rose opened is first bud yesterday--our very first Camellia to bloom! We are 8 miles South of the Elizabeth Park Rose garden in Hartford. It was planted on the North side of a ranch house, where it gets quite a bit of light, though only a little bit of direct sun in the morning. We have a couple other plants, but none of them grew as well, most likely due insufficient light, which we worked on over the winter, by clearing brush and trees.

Early blooming seems to be throughout the east and south, also with folks in England.

Yes. They are pretty much finished now. The next showing will be my fall-blooming 'Snow Flurry'. It's not the best for flower form, and not too long lasting, but it's covered with literally hundreds of white blooms every fall (late Oct. - Dec. here) and very cold-hardy as well.

Very nice formal flowers! I have Snow Flurry and it is one of my favorites! I love the weeping habit. You are right, when it blooms it really is a "flurry" of flowers.