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What: Camellia pruning presentation on pruning camellias followed by practical demonstrations in Maclay Gardens When: 9 a.m. Saturday, April 13 Where: Maclay Gardens, 3540 Thomasville Road ...
Camellia bloom in February. The gardens were originally created by David C. Strother in the 1930s within the 160-acre (0.65 km 2) property around his farm house. In 1966, he donated his property to the American Camellia Society. Its headquarters building was completed in 1968 and named in his honor.
Camellia (pronounced / k ə ˈ m ɛ l i ə / [2] or / k ə ˈ m iː l i ə / [3]) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Theaceae. [1] They are found in tropical and subtropical areas in eastern and southern Asia, from the Himalayas east to Japan and Indonesia.
Camellia sinensis is a species of evergreen shrub or small tree in the flowering plant family Theaceae.Its leaves, leaf buds, and stems can be used to produce tea.Common names include tea plant, tea shrub, and tea tree (unrelated to Melaleuca alternifolia, the source of tea tree oil, or the genus Leptospermum commonly called tea tree).
Some crosses show the elliptical and pointed leaves of C. saluenensis, [3] others the more rounded leaves of C. japonica. Some crosses introduced colours new to camellias: 'Donation' is said to be Tyrian rose, 'Lady Gowrie' fuchsine pink. [4] Nearly all crosses have flowers with translucent petals. More than 100 named cultivars have been bred. [1]
Camellia reticulata (syn. C. heterophylla) [3] is a species of flowering plant in the tea family Theaceae, native to southwestern China, in Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces. [ 1 ] It is a loosely branched shrub or small tree, which can grow up to 10 to 15 meters (33 to 49 ft) in height. [ 4 ]
Ornamental plants or garden plants are plants that are primarily grown for their beauty [1] but also for qualities such as scent or how they shape physical space. Many flowering plants and garden varieties tend to be specially bred cultivars that improve on the original species in qualities such as color, shape, scent, and long-lasting blooms ...
Marguerite Gauthier is a courtesan in 19th-century Paris and keeps company with aristocrats and men of riches. She falls deeply in love with a middle-class man, Armand Duval, [3] and the lovers move away to the countryside.