Camellia granthamiana Best Seller shared for interest only

shared for interest only

and thanks Tony Avent of Plant Delights Nursery for the original start

or any small

so skip the fertilizer and let the plant thrive on lean ground

Fast-growing and forgiving of most soils so long as drainage is decent

Camellia granthamiana Best Seller shared for interest onlyHigh in the shaded ravines of Hong Kong's Tai Mo Shan, a single camellia tree stood unrecognized until 1955, when the Agricultural, Fisheries and Conservation Department documented an unexpected beauty among the undergrowth. The botanist J. R. Sealy soon described a new species and named the tree Camellia granthamiana, honoring the then Governor Sir Alexander Grantham. For years that lone specimen stood as the only known plant of the kind. A few more