camellias

The time for shifting camellias is just when they have done flowering, before they are beginning to send out their young shoots.

The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally Jane 1845

In the quarry are mandarin trees, so yellow with fruit that they look like gigantic sun-flowers; the camellias are as big as tambourines; and on the ground between the trees lie masses of magnificent figs and downy peaches embedded in fallen rose-leaves.

The Miracles of Antichrist: A Novel 1915

A good showering will generally remove it, but all the smooth-faced plants (such as camellias, ivies, etc.) should be carefully sponged so as to keep the foliage clean and healthy.

The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources Anonymous

More than 60 years ago, Bena Hill had begun surrounding her family's modern home with a garden which features many traditional Southern favorites, such as camellias, palms, Japanese plum, fig, bamboo, bridal veil, yellow rain tree, tung trees and bamboo.

Homepage 2010

That has meant that blooming plants and trees, such as camellias, magnolias and cherries, are running a few weeks behind.

The Seattle Times 2009

Coffee grounds make great mulch for roses and other blooming plants, especially those that love acid soils such as camellias or azaleas.

Merced Sun-Star: front 2009

Coffee grounds make great mulch for roses and other blooming plants, especially those that love acid soils such as camellias or azaleas.

Merced Sun-Star: front 2009

century, its gardens have been a source of inspiration - from plants such as camellias and bamboo, which botanists brought back from their travels, via the tea houses and red-painted bridges that influenced the Edwardians, to the stylised elements that have influenced contemporary design.

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"They have more than 700 species of camellias, some more than 20 feet tall."

10 great botanic gardens across the USA 2010

There, in his greenhouse, he propagated and cultivated rhododendrons and camellias, and gathered rare species.

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