Growing camellias: 4 steps to success

12 July 2015 - 02:00
By Laurian Brown

It's time to plant – or simply enjoy – one of winter’s most beautiful and useful evergreens: the camellia. Simple follow these growing tips Camellias are, quite simply, showstoppers. From delicate singles to opulent, saucer-sized doubles, the variety is as overwhelming as the flowers themselves. Add to that the extravagance of the display: a mature plant will bear hundreds of flowers that glow among the dark leaves and carpet the ground with colour.

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