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Air Layering vs. Cuttings: The Best Way to Propagate Camellias

Helen Pritchard · December 12, 2025

A lush, vibrant pink camellia flower in full, perfect bloom, its delicate petals softly unfurled against a backdrop of deep, glossy emerald green leaves. The flower sits in soft, diffused natural light, showcasing intricate petal layers and rich color saturation, with a crisp, detailed botanical pho

Walk with me to the far side of my shade house, past the potting bench and the stack of nursery flats I keep meaning to sort, and you’ll find a row of camellia stems wrapped in plastic like little science experiments — the current batch of air layers I’m nursing along beside a tray of … Read more

Pink-a-Boo Camellia: Brightening Your Winter Garden with Fragrant Pink Blooms

Helen Pritchard · December 2, 2025

Pink-a-Boo Camellia: Brightening Your Winter Garden with Fragrant Pink Blooms

Introduction: Why Your Winter Garden Needs the Pink-a-Boo Camellia Scroll back through my phone to late December, and you’ll land on a photo of my side yard: frost-silvered lawn, skeletal hydrangeas, and one shrub absolutely dripping in soft pink flowers. That single image sums up the whole argument for growing this plant. Most of the … Read more