Category Archives: Features

“Recently when on holidays at Burleigh Heads we went to the Carrara Markets. Looking through a second hand bookshop I came across this Book – Camellias by E B Anderson. Inside was an old newspaper article titled ‘The Rare Camellia’ … Continue reading →

Late 19th Century and mid 20th Century Source Countries: Spain (Galicia) and Britain by Stephen Utick Gardens can sometimes be the product of diverse cultural influences. The camellia gardens and broader botanical collection of Pazo da Saleta at Meis in … Continue reading →

MY TWELVE BEST CAMELLIAS Walter G.Hazlewood Epping N.S.W. This list has been prepared mainly to assist beginners and to give them some lead on the best varieties with which to start a camellia garden. Later, as they become more familiar … Continue reading →

Mid 20th Century to Present  Source Country: Vietnam and Cambodia Like brilliant party lanterns festooning the Vietnamese and Cambodian forests, the flowers of Camellia campanulata still blossom. This species is one of the most magnificent of the tropical camellias. Here, … Continue reading →

by Lorraine Heath – reprinted from Camellias Shoalhaven Inc. October 2015 Newsletter We are going to the movies! Well, not literally. I am showcasing three very nice Japonica Camellias that were named after movies actresses of the last century whose careers … Continue reading →

Mid 20th Century to Present  Source Country: Vietnam and Cambodia Like brilliant party lanterns festooning the Vietnamese and Cambodian forests, the flowers of Camellia campanulata still blossom. This species is one of the most magnificent of the tropical camellias. Here, … Continue reading →

It is with sadness that Hume Camellia Society reports the death of Jim Burstal. Jim was a dedicated camellia grower which was proved with success in exhibiting at Narrandera, Young, Albury and Canberra Shows and winning many championships and a national award. … Continue reading →

St George and Sutherland Camellia Society nominates Dr George Orel (Theaeace Exploration Associates – TEA) as a recipient in 2014 for the E. G. Waterhouse Award. The Society considers Dr Orel to be an outstanding candidate for such an award … Continue reading →

reprinted from Camellia News 165 Winter 2004 We met St Fiacre for the first time in the garden of Vi Lort- Phillips, an International Camellia Society member, in Jersey in the Channel Isles. She is a past President of that … Continue reading →