If your nice, tidy camellia bush has turned into a tree or is dropping its spent petals all over your driveway, it's time to get out the pruning tools and go to work. While you may want to train your camellia to a tree form, you want to do the training, not the other w...
Camellias are more of a warm-climate bush, so I wasn’t able to grow them when I lived in Toronto (although I was always jealous of people who could!) When I moved to South Carolina, I made sure to get one…and since then I have amassed quite a collection of them. Camellia ...
If you want to reduce the size of your overgrown camellia, you may need to trim it in a three-step process over the course of several years. During spring in the first year, cut back the camellia's branches to the desired height. In the second spring, cut back all the new growth th...
Heading back a shrub controls the size of it but allows you to maintain its natural shape. To head back, use hand pruners to cut the tips of the stems off at different lengths all over the shrub. Some shrubs, such as holly bushes and crepe myrtles, need this practice done every year...
Step 3: Trim the hedge to your desired shape Step back and look at the bush from time to time to see how the hedge is shaping up. If you want a perfect cut, use a string line. As you cut, your shears must be level with the string to get straighter lines. ...
How to Care for a Gloxinia Plant References Tips Writer Bio Japonica and sasanqua are two commonly cultivated species of camellia. Native to Asia, these flowering shrubs are traditional additions to landscaping in the southeastern United States, where they thrive in the warm, humid climate. Although...
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5 to 8 Height: 4 to 6 feet Spread: 4 to 6 feet Considered to be one of the most prolific white-fruiting beautyberries, ‘Leucocarpa’ produces little clusters of pearl-white berries at the base of every leaf node, causing the branches to bow gracefully into a lovely umbrella shape. Pal...