If only for its beauty of leaf and bloom, the camellia deserves a more prominent place in our landscape but it must be handled carefully The camellia is a member of the tea family and is native to semitropical forest areas. Camellia diseases include die back (causing stem cankers and the death of branches), petal blight (affecting the flowers), and occasionally root rot problems A common occurrence in shade is algal leaf spot A scruffy substance on the upper surface of the leaves that is unsightly but not harmful to the plant. As every flower lover knows, flowers have a language of their own
Does not appear to be very well adapted These evergreen shrubs have glossy, dark green, ovate to oblong leaves The plants produce showy pink, white or red flowers in the single and double types Camellias require an acid soil and thrive best in a well drained, sandy soil well supplied with humus. Croton (codiaeum sp.) dracaena (dracaena) emerald ripple (peperomia caperata) eugenia (peperomia caperata) fuschia (fuschia) Outstanding landscape plants for northeast texas prepared by keith c
Input for the list came from leading horticulturists, growers and nurserymen from throughout the region The following plants are hardy. Shrubs *not grown on the experiment station The problem is trying to find a dwarf camellia She's on the north side of san antonio and would have to cover the camellia flowers (or buds) when it freezes Another option would be gardenias (white gem or radicans)
White gem is a dwarf that grows approximately 2 to 2 and one?half feet and has single blossoms.
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