Growing Advice
Courtyards & Patios ~ The Choice is Yours
Jun
Courtyards & Patios ~ The Choice is Yours
Camellias are the perfect choice for courtyard planting, on balconies or in small gardens. They are shallow rooted, they don’t damage pipes or foundations and they make a great tub specimen. They can also be planted into troughs, low borders on patios or in courtyards. Some of these have small leaves, small flowers, fragrance, weeping habit (great for hanging baskets). Where you are limited for space or where you might need to cover the look of a fence. Espaliering camellias on fences is a great choice.
Some Miniature Hybrids we grow that are ideal are: our Melissa, Wirilinga bride, Sweet Emily Kate, White Baby Bear, Fairy wand etc. Small flowers along the stems make a wonderful back drop especially in the winter when not much else is in flower. The flower will drop & leave a beautiful carpet of miniature flowers under the base of the plant.
Some for weeping include; Marge Miller, Snow, Classique and White Classique. These also make a wonderful ground cover.
Camellias can make wonderful topiarys or standards. With light trimming each year you can shape these & produce very nice specimens.
With our range of Japonicas we have small flowering bushes that stay low and a beautiful range of colours that can be picked for float bowls or flower arrangements.