~stimulating camellias~

The camellias continue to bloom - while to the north, everyone and everything seems covered in ice and snow.  We've been unusually gloomy here - erratic temperatures, clouds and fog - heavy, heavy fog.  I'd best not complain:  my brother oftens reads this, and he lives in northern Vermont.  Our worst days still sound like spring to him.

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Meetings, another meeting, conference call.  Emails.  A typical day? 

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Everyone's talking about the 'stimulus package'.  Everyone's getting their lists together.  Maybe I'll be optimistic and put together a list of camellias from Camellia Forest Nusery that I want...I mean, who knows?

1. ‘Mieko Tanaka’:  a gorgeous true red, a single, blooms from October through to March.  (C. X vernalis ‘Gaisen’ X C. japonica)

2. 'Scented Snow':  early bloomer, white anemone form.  (C. sasanqua ‘Northern Lights’ X C. x ‘Snow Flurry’)

3. ‘Tama-no-ura’:  Just because.  I mean, discovered in the wild by a charcoal burner?  Can you resist that?

4. ‘Unryu-tsubaki’:  Who can resist a 45 degree angle at every node?  (Certainly not me).

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I know, I'll just head out one day to my favorite camellia-growing octogenarian's place and enjoy his hundreds of camellias.  That's should do me, just in case my camellia-purchasing funds aren't included in the stimulus package.

I know, it's been a long day.

Comments

[Janet]

I love your Camellias. Have been enjoying reading some of your recent blogs. I want to find out more about the Unryu-tsubaki, very interesting. Janet

[Layanee]

I will hope to walk along with you in the camellia garden! I am not sure why they were not included in the stimulus package as everything else under the sun seems to be and they are food for the soul.

[Pam]

Thanks Janet - and I'm glad you stopped by. I'm pretty fascinated by Unryu-tsubaki as well - I might order that one and the first one I listed - 'Meiko Tanaka'.

Layanee - I do need to head out to my camellia growing friend's home and check out his camellias. I went just before the holidays, and need to go again - I have 17 camellias in my garden (or something like that) - he has about 600! Perhaps I should write my congressman about including camellias in the South Carolina request?

[joan]

That picture is so beautiful.

[Pam]

Hey Joan, thank you. It's one of my favorite camellias, the second one that I added to my garden - and I haven't a clue what it's name is. I got it from Pete's dad years ago. Sometimes it looks white - and sometimes it looks a pale, pale pink - the image doesn't really do it justice.