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In my parents’ wooded backyard in Charleston, South Carolina, thick beds of glossy camellias thrive in the dappled sunlight and deep shade. But few, if any, of the evergreen shrubs with their elegant winter blooms came from the local garden center. Instead, they’re the result of a lifetime of work. The prized collection of around thirty plants was transplanted from my grandmother’s garden as well as that of my great uncle, other family members gifted with green thumbs, and even the grounds of an old bank building in downtown Charleston. These heirloom plants were propagated one at a time using a traditional gardening technique called air-layering, and although it takes longer to form a new plant via air-layering (as opposed to propagating from cuttings), the method is relatively approachable. With a little direction, it’s easy for the average home gardener to execute.
How To Grow And Care For CamelliasCarmen Ketron, who is part of the Clemson University Cooperative Extension, a public-facing research organization designed to support the state’s agriculture, forestry, and horticulture efforts.
What Exactly Is Air-Layering?“Air laying is just one type of propagation technique,” says Carmen Ketron of Clemson University Cooperative Extension. And while propagation sounds intimidating, the whole process is easier than the terminology implies. “All you’re doing is taking a piece of the plant and wounding it—you’re not removing it. The great part about these plants is that if you wound them in the correct way adventitious buds will actually turn into roots, and where you would normally see a leaf growing on a
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Summer is arriving and, all of a sudden, the kitchen garden is coming into its own. I am harvesting masses of salad leaves, broad beans and strawberries, and hopefully the first new potatoes. I can almost see things growing before my eyes, including the weeds, which I make an effort to keep on top of every few days (although I leave self-seeded dark pink poppies and some mauve linaria to encourage insects and add colour). To make the most of a small space, I grow salad leaves in large galvanised metal troughs, making sure that I sow a new crop every few weeks so I have a constant supply through the summer. Salad leaf mixes, including swift-growing, cut-and-come-again lettuce, rocket and mustard leaves, are available from almost any seed company, or at garden centres. Winter salad leaves, including mizuna, are best sown after midsummer, as they tend to run to seed quickly. I grow my salad leaves in the least time-consuming way, scattering the seeds thinly on the surface of the prepared soil or compost, and raking them in gently with a hand rake. Keep them watered and they will germinate within a few days and be ready to harvest in about six weeks. If you want to grow them in your vegetable beds, it is better to sow them in drills, so that the emerging seedlings are easily distinguishable from the weeds.
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As we head towards Autumn, join us in our third BBC Gardeners’ World Autumn Fair, in the picturesque grounds of English Heritage’s Audley End House and Gardens, in Essex, from Friday 30 August to Sunday 1 September, 2024.