Camellia longicarpa 26/4 Restock long gathered for pies

long gathered for pies

lance-shaped evergreen leaves that take on coppery and russet tones through the cold months

in a native or pollinator planting

just as comfortably

found in southwest Virginia by the late Norman Beal

Camellia longicarpa 26/4 Restock long gathered for piesMost American gardeners know two camellias, the winter blooming Camellia japonica and the autumn blooming Camellia sasanqua, each in a hundred named forms. Camellia longicarpa belongs to a different and far less familiar company: the small flowered wild camellias of section Theopsis, scarcely grown on this side of the Pacific. Woodlanders remains one of the few nurseries offering these lesser known species to gardeners who want the wild plant rather