Camellias are one of those fantastic plants that look beautiful whether they’re in bloom or not. The glossy, deep green, leathery leaves are as pretty as any ornamental grown for its foliage.As beautiful as we find them, there are lots of insects out
Camellia x Williamsii Spring Festival
27.06.2023 - 08:39 / aberdeengardening.co.uk
The Camellia x Williamsii Spring Festival brightened up this area of the back garden for a few weeks in April
Although the plant label clearly referred to it as being a Williamsii, I was left in doubt as I also see it named as a cuspidata hybrid, also sasanqua and even a japonica. The RHS list it as a cuspidata hybrid and under synonyms (Williamsii) so I guess thats enough confirmation for me.
In our garden
We planted Spring Festival in our back garden in late March of last year. The numerous buds started to open in mid April and continued to bloom for a good four weeks or so.
Camellias can take a bit of time to settle down, I was very pleased to see loads of buds developing in late Winter.
Mid April this year, I was happy to see the shrub smothered with blooms.
The final week of April, the weather turned quite cold after a spell of really warm Summer like weather, resulting in many of the flowers being badly damaged.
I was quite surprised as the frost was very light. Fortunately still quite a lot of buds to open.
Conclusion, although our back garden is North facing, (well its more North/West) we still get morning sun in the position where the Camellia is planted, not so good for some Camellias. It would also appear that although Spring Festival is fully hardy it is susceptible to frost damage. I guess I should consider moving it to a position that doesn’t catch the early morning sun.
Plant description
This Camellia with rather small double blooms and glossy dark green leaves, flowers profusely in mid April for at least four weeks. Don’t be put off with the small blooms as it is a rather magnificent Camellia with a slender habit, said to grow to a height of about seven feet.
It received the RHS
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