20 foot high camelia - id help please

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  1. joZ

    joZ Active Member

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    I would like some help in identifying this 15 foot high camelia.
    I have looked at other pictures of camelias but am really not sure.
    It recently bloomed, is spectacular and very healthy.
    It grows in North Vancouver on the west side in between two homes, without a large amount of sun.
    I would like to try to root it, if that is the correct term, and grow it in another spot in the garden. I am not sure how to do this either... but will start researching it.
    Thanks, in advance, for your help.
     

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    Ron B Paragon of Plants 10 Years

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    One of the Camellia x williamsii cultivars.
     
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    chimera Well-Known Member 10 Years

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    Could try C. 'Donation'.
     
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    Thanks to both. This is what I found about Propagation...

    Camellia cuttings are best taken from August through to October when the new growth has stopped being limp and floppy but before it becomes too rigid to be bendable between your fingers.

    A piece of new growth with a callous at the base should be taken from the mother plant. The callous is then pruned with a sharp knife and the lower leaves on the cutting are removed before the cutting is dipped into a power or soluble rooting agent. The cutting is then placed firmly in a mixture of peat and sand under heated to a constant temperature of around 65°F. Watering takes place from overhead mist sprinklers which are activated by humidity and temperature levels. If everything has gone well the cuttings will be rooted and ready for potting up by the following March or April.

    frankly... I have no idea how to do it... when one lives in a house... any suggestions?
    should I find an expert and let them do it?
     
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    chimera Well-Known Member 10 Years

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    Maybe you could try ground or air layering it, might be easier and you would have a larger plant sooner. Guess it would take a year or so, but you could likely start 2-3. Maybe worth checking and find it has already ground layered itself.
     
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    I just googled what air and ground layering is... thank you for the idea.
    Experimenting with this would certainly be interesting.
    I guess this is why garden centres are in business - to make things simple for us.
     
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    chimera Well-Known Member 10 Years

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    Have seen 'Donation' in the nurseries.
     

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