Camellia - Need help

weeder · Post by **weeder** » Sat May 07, 2005 2:55 am

Here .in Georgia... you can hack then to the ground and they will grow back. In Virginia you have to prune them carefully. Do Camellias flourish in your area? It depends on if they are common to the area. How sensitive they are. Pruning is also determined by what kind of shape you want the bush to have,

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Sat May 07, 2005 4:13 am

off topic a bit, but i am a goldmine of useless information~~~the lovely blues singer billie holiday always wore a camellia in her hair, it was her signature.

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Philadelphia Eagle · Post by **Philadelphia Eagle** » Sat May 07, 2005 6:08 pm

I'm not a gardening expert but we do have a florishing Camellia.

As I understand it Camellias grow faster and stronger the more heat and snlight they get.

Hence you will see that the Camellia in GA can be pruned back hard and will grow again strongly and quickly and the one in VA may also be pruned but will take a little longer to grow back.

Our Camillia here in PA will behave much like the VA one.

So it all depends on your climate.

As a guide the climate here in southern PA is approximately the same as southern Spain.

If your climate is cooler than that the Camellia may be gently pruned but will take a longer time to grow back.

By the way - it takes a real hatchet job to kill a forsythia here. So if your climate is a bit on the cool side go gently!