The Christmas camellias have returned. They always take me by surprise. First they are just shiny leaves and then SUDDENLY they burst into huge red blossoms, almost artificial in their elegance. I remember when I was talking to R. long before we were married. I think even before we dated much. He was in Yellowstone on vacation. I was on Cherry St. While I talked to him, I was sitting in the kitchen looking at the giant camellia bush that covered so much of the tiny back yard. The camellias were all encased in ice from the hard freeze of '89. As we talked, the ice began melting. At a distance the scarlet blossoms looked like hearts in melting ice balls; that certainly should have been a clue.
As for the HOCS camellias, I do nothing for them. I guess, they are simply a good example of right plant in right place.The section of the yard they are in gets good morning sun and almost no scorching afternoon rays. That combo seems to work.
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