Highfield Farm Garden (Monmouthshire, Wales)
I am lagging behind with my England tour posts, not that there is an urgency, but I know if I don't get them recorded and organized, my feeble memory will begin to muddle them. The three previous gardens ( Hidcote , Kiftsgate , and Bourton House ) were visited on the first day of the tour. Day 2 took us across the border into Wales, where we saw two gardens. Our group (about 25 people) rode in a comfortable bus, and everyone kept saying that it was much smaller than the buses they normally used. I thought it was fine, and most of the time, I had my aisle to myself. Unlike the Japan trip, where our mode of transportation changed daily, we kept the same bus during the entire trip. I soon learned that it was best for my mental health to sit on the right side of the bus. The country lanes of England are indeed as narrow as they appear on television, and the ever-present hedgerows grow right next to the roadside. Watching these hedgerows fly by within an inch of your window...
Oh how I wish I could I could grow camellias. You really give me zone envy.
ReplyDeleteI always thought Carmelia's were pretty... but like you stated they mostly were thought to be grown in the south. Thank you for sharing this information so that those who leave in colder regions...
ReplyDelete( I currently live Michigan) my have a shot at growing a few.
Wow! What color and hardy too.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beauty! Thank you for sharing
ReplyDeleteI remember the winter of '76/77; the 33 acre lake that we lived on was frozen solid for a month. It's great that there are more cold hardy ones now.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this info with us camellia lovers. I have one 'April' out in the garden. A little worried about the next two mornings 15 and 16 degrees!
I had 2 camelia's that a friend gave me as a house warming gift. Both tired to bloom in Dec-Jan and as a result never made it to the bloom stage as the cold killed the buds. I got a couple of early spring bloomers from Little Cypress, one a double red called Laura Walker
ReplyDeleteand a white, red stripe one called Lady Vansittart.
OOoooo I am glad to know about this Camellia. I would like to give it a try.
ReplyDeletePhillip, What a lovely camellia and in my favorite color! 'White By The Gate' has had a bad year and will need to be replaced~must find a pretty one to compliment the purple fence! gail
ReplyDeleteI am thankful to Clifford Parks and YOU! I will be sure to do my research to see if I can grow this hardy Camellia. I love them so! They were a part of my childhood. I always love seeing yours Phillip!
ReplyDeleteI would love to have camellias but they do not love our alkaline soil here in Central Texas and west. I will just enjoy your beautiful photos!
ReplyDeleteOh my lands! Are you serious? I have been looking for a Camellia that would be hardy here in my zone 5b/6. I am so glad to hear about this one and will have to find one to plant next spring. I kept saying I was waiting on the grower to develop one that would grow here. LOL! Thanks for the information.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, Michigan can at times get below -20. :-(
ReplyDeleteBut it is beautiful!
I'll have to send that info to my cousin in southern Maine Phillip! That "pink icicle" sure is a beauty!
ReplyDeleteAre you flower lovers. Frankly I have never been such interest.
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