Q: I have a camellia that needs pruning, but I need to know when. It blooms in the fall, then immediately stops. In the spring, it puts out profuse growth. — Betty Roper, email A: The best time to ...

If there was ever a plant that was considered royalty in southern landscapes the camellias would undoubtedly be it. They have been grown in our gardens for over 200 years. With origins in Asia, it is ...

Many shrubs benefit from pruning each year. We prune them to remove stray branches and suckers, keep the plants to a manageable size, and maintain an attractive shape. For some shrubs, pruning also ...

Could you let me know the latest sasanqua shrubs can be trimmed to assure blooms? I thought till the end of July, like azaleas, but I’m not sure. — Jeanne Garman Major pruning to sasanquas (Camellia ...

Is your camellia looking more unruly than elegant? The good news is that a well-timed prune can make all the difference. With ...

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama-- We moved up to this area from the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina. Recently I saw several plants that look like camellias blooming but it seems earlier than what I remember ...

Winter is on its way, but for the Camellia sasanqua, spring has arrived and it is time to bud and bloom. At Humboldt Botanical Garden you can see them blooming now in the Moss Family Temperate ...

When I first moved from Dallas to Tyler one of the fi rst gardening people I met said to me, “I only grow the normal things – like camellias.” I was in awe because when I lived up North, camellias ...

COURTESY Sasanqua camellias provide fall color. When I first moved from Dallas to Tyler, one of the first gardening people I met said to me, “I only grow the normal things – like camellias.” I was in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This C. sasanqua variety is called "Sparkling Burgundy." If there was ever a plant that was considered royalty in southern ...