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Camellia jargon...
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Posted by donnabaskets 7b-8, MS (My Page) on Wed, Dec 31, 08 at 21:02
| Okay, I am devouring my new book on Camellias, (and already want more...). Can someone tell me what "upright" and "vigorous" mean? My guess would be that upright means tall and slender, but I have never seen a picture of a camellia that would fit that description. Does this mean that the plant lends itself to being shaped into a tall slender form?
And "vigorous". Does that mean fast growing? I would assume this is a relevant term. How fast is considered fast in the camellia world (and for that matter, how slow is "slow"?)
And finally, I understand that pruning is important. I see pictures of plants that look like great big huge boxes (top to bottom, front to back) in alot of books. Have these plants been well pruned, or not? I know that camellias can be trained into tree-shapes by limbing up, but is there another form that is considered beneficial to the plant and attractive too?
I know these are probably dumb questions and I thank you for your answers.
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RE: Camellia jargon...
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| Those terms mean what you suspect. Upright shrubs tend to grow vertically more than horizontally. My Shishigashira, for example, tends to grow sideways more than upright so I would call its growth habit "spreading" or horizontal. It is not a vigorous grower for me, adding one or so many inches per year (in all directions). Of course, weather, geographical location and the soil can make a camellia vigorous in one place and average or slow in another. Debutante, on the other hand, grows upright or erect. It seems to grow faster than Shishigashira but is probably due to more vertical growth than horizontal. Happy New Year! |
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