Winter Specials
Oct 06, 2021
3 minutes
PHOTOGRAPHS ANNAÏCK GUITTENY
Camellias are indelibly associated with spring, when in gardens across the country plump buds open into exquisite pink, red and white flowers among these shrubs’ glossy green leaves. The flowers are almost unreal in their perfection: layer on layer of petals flawlessly arranged, conjuring thoughts of the parts of the world camellias originated from: Japan, China and other countries in eastern and southern Asia.
Yet these are not the easiest shrubs to grow. They prefer acid soil and all it takes is one ill-timed hard spring they’re nicer.
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