Colourful CAMELLIAS

March signals the start of the autumn camellia blooming season. These shrubs are often overlooked, but are ideal hardy plants to add colour to your garden over winter

MADISON MOULTON

In March, South African gardens slowly transition from hot, sweltering summer to the cooler autumn and winter months. With this comes the unfortunate end of the flowering season for many popular garden plants, turning gardens from colourful kaleidoscopes to more muted landscapes. But one shrub begins the period of its prime this season and heading into winter - camellias. Species in the vast and impressive camellia genus are largely native to Asia. Their delicate blooms and vigorous flowering made them ideal for the home garden, leading to the development of more than 3 000 different cultivars gardeners have the pleasure of choosing from. Camellias are not usually the first choice for 21st-century gardeners, often viewed as ‘traditional’ or ‘outdated’. But, much like other golden oldies that have come back in…

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SA Garden and Home (Digital) - 1 Issue, March 2023

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