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Yellow Flowering Fall Camellia
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Posted by spartacuslives 8b (My Page) on Thu, Nov 5, 09 at 6:47
| I have an interesting camellia blooming now in Southeastern Georgia. It is a new camellia species called Camellia microcarpa. It is a fall blooming yellow species. Each flower is very small with a diameter of 1/2inch to 3/4 inch. Like most yellow flowering camellia species, it has to be grown in milder climates or be used in containers and protected. I have an image of Camellia microcarpa below.
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RE: Yellow Flowering Fall Camellia
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Very nice, spartacuslives. It reminds me of Camellia chrysanthides. I too like some of the yellow flowering camellias but have a rather "unique problem".... hee hee hee..... I should call it a case of the "wrong" taste". Somehow, I tend to migrate towards the yellows that are tender and that must be grown in Z9 climates. I do not know how I do it but jeeez! The majority of yellows grow in warmer climates so it makes sense that most will not grow in my zone but list a few Z8-ers on the catalogs/websites and I just gravitate to the Z9-only bloomers. Man! Frustrating. As more and more people hybridize yellows camellias looking for hardiness, I hope to get lucky one of these days.
When I bought the house that I live in, it had a green house, which would have been great for growing some of these plants but, oh man, it was in bad shape and had to be torn down. Never tried to get a replacement. There was always something else that had higher priority in the budget. Ooooooh weeeeelllllll......
Can you post more pictures for yellow-addicted people like me? A shot of the bush perhaps?
Enjoy your plant and thanks for posting,
Luis |
RE: Yellow Flowering Fall Camellia
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| Luis, Glad you like the yellows too. They have been very difficult to hybridize and transfer the intense color to their offspring. Seems that yellow color is recessive in the camellia gene pool. Several Yellow hybrids might work for you. Keep some quilts handy to cover on extremely cold nights. I will try to post some other yellow species pictures, but here are 2 hybrids that might grow for you. 
Ki-No-Gozan
Kicho
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RE: Yellow Flowering Fall Camellia
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| Beautiful pictures! I have never seen a yellow camellia before. Maybe it's just as well they aren't cold hardy for me...:) |
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