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 ...

When Paul Mezo sees a Camellia sasanqua in bloom, it tells him one thing. “It’s how you know it’s fall,” said Mezo, a horticulturist at Banting’s Nursery on River Road in Bridge City. “It’s the one ...

For once, Marcia and I had narrowed down our list of what to give beloved daughter-in-law Dawn for her birthday (which is the day this appears in print, not coincidentally). It was going to either be ...

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

Q: This camellia was planted early last spring [the reader sent a photo]. Its first set of buds became leaves. I'm hoping this second set of buds will become flowers. I've read that they bloom between ...