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Camellia Events 2024
JULY
NSW Camellia Society Show
Saturday 13th - Sunday 14th
Ravenswood - Gordon
Camellias Illawarra
70th Annual Show
Saturday 20th 1pm - 5pm
Sunday 2st 9am - 3pm
The Ribbonwood Centre
Princes Highway,
Dapto
Berry Garden Club Camellia Show
Saturday 27th - Sunday 28th
AUGUST
Chandler’s Nursery Display
Saturday 10th Sunday 11th
75 Queen Street,
Sandy Bay Tasmania
Camellias Illawarra Reticulata Show
Saturday 10th - 1pm - 5pm
Uniting Church Hall,
Bulli
Camellias Victoria Show & Plant Sales
Saturday 10th - 10am - 4pm
Burwood Heights Uniting Church Hall
Cnr Burwood H'way & Blackburn Rd
East Burwood
Entry $2 adults - children free.
Mitre-10 Fork-in-the-Road
Blooms Competition
Saturday 17th - Sunday 18th
Huntingfield Avenue
Kingston Tasmania
Camellias Australia National Show
Friday 22nd & Saturday 23rd
in conjunction with
Narrandera Garden Club
50th Annual Show
Friday - 2pm - 5pm
Official Opening 3pm
Saturday - 10am - 4pm
Ex-servicemens Club
Bolton St,
Narrandera
Launceston Horticultural Society Early Spring Show
Saturday 31st– Sunday 1st
Evandale Memorial Hall,
Evandale, Tasmania
SEPTEMBER
Highlands Camellia Show
Uniting Church Hall,
Bowral
Friday 6th
Claremont Daffodil, Camellia &
Spring Flower Show
Saturday 7th – Sunday 8th
Claremont Memorial Hall
corner of Bilton St & Main Rd
Claremont Tasmania
Hobart Horticultural Society Spring Show
Friday, 13th – Saturday 14th
Town Hall, Macquarie Street,
Hobart Tasmania
Spring Bulb & Camellia Show
Horticultural Society of Canberra
Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd
Fitzroy Pavillion EPIC
Category Archives: Features
Vale Peter Levick
We were all sadden to hear of the passing of our esteem member in the early hours of 20th March, 2017. Peter was presented with the Walter Hazlewood Award of Honour in 1988 and made a Fellow of Camellias Australia along … Continue reading
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The Famous Eight of Old Dali
While peony flowers dominated in floral decoration through much of eastern China, the distinctive climate of northern Yunnan produced an abundance of Camellia reticulata blossom which were celebrated among Bai and Yi minorities. Yunnan city districts such as Kunming, Chuxiong, Baoshan, Tengchong and … Continue reading
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Giants of Baotai Mountain
Eighteenth century to present Source Country: China Above left: A solitary Camellia reticulata bloom between two massive trunks in Jinguang Temple nature reserve on Baotai Mountain; above right: examples of small single reticulata flowers which the giants produce Two giants: … Continue reading
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Vale – Barry Walter Di Salvia
It is with great sadness that I advise of the sudden and tragic passing of Barry Di Salvia on Sunday 7 August 2016. Our thoughts are with Denise and his family. Barry was involved in so many areas of Camellias … Continue reading
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2016 National Congress – “Cool Camellias” Launceston, Tasmania
Tasmania Registration
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Australian Camellia C.pitardii ‘Fairy Bouquet’
article by Charles Lee – Camellia News – No. 200 – Autumn 2016 Given that we have just published our 200th Edition of Camellia News it seems appropriate to review the 200th camellia formally registered in Australia. This camellia is … Continue reading
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RAIDERS OF THE LOST CAMELLIAS
Australia has its own ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’, well not quite the Lost Ark in this case, but the Lost Camellias. Dr George Orel and Mr Tony Curry are our ‘Raiders of the Lost Camellias’, two intrepid plant hunter … Continue reading
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Australian Camellias – C.reticulata ‘Meg Lewis’
reprinted from Camellia News No. 198 – Winter 2015 text and photos by Barry Di Salvia One of the most recent Australian camellia registrations, number 687 is C.reticulata ‘Meg Lewis’, originally known as ‘Meg’, a chance seedling grown by Judy … Continue reading
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C.x williamsii ‘Eryldene Excelsis Variegated’
by Charles Lee reprinted from Camellia News No 194 Autumn 2014 It seems appropriate for the Australian Camellia that we further celebrate the Centenary of Eryldene, (2014/2015) by including the beautiful C.x williamsii ‘Eryldene Excelsis’, in its variegated form. The … Continue reading
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The Camellia – Alpha Cruces 1882
from Camellia Annual No. 2 – December 1955 The Camellia Midst the wilds of earth’s mightiest mountains, On the heights of the stern Himaleh – Nursed with streams of the snowy fed fountains, Which roll down to farthest Cathay; I … Continue reading
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