The oldest Camellia in Europe

 

This is the claim for a Camellia japonica in the Pillnitz Gardens near
Dresden.  A customer has sent us a pic because he thinks an unidentified
Camellia we have is the same one.  But the story is fascinating - four
specimens were sent to Europe to Kew & The Paris Botanic Garden but this in
Dresden is the only one to survive.  The Dresden Camellia has a special
greenhouse which is wheeled over this very large shrub every winter to
ensure its survival and it's *huge* -  very impressive arrangement.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove the weeds to email me)

 

Sacha wrote:

Three not very good pictures:
http://camellia.de/pillsta.htm

And with the house in place, with people for scale:
http://www.dresden-pictures.com/dd/bilder/pillnitz/P4100228gross.jpg

The flowers look like this:
http://www.kamelien.de/link.htm


--
Mike.

 

On 29/4/05 14:53, in article 3desk4F6u08o8U1@individual.net, "Mike Lyle"


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Thanks for doing that, Mike.  The customer sent us pics but I hadn't gone
looking around for more.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove the weeds to email me)

 

Sacha wrote:

http://www.dresden-pictures.com/dd/bilder/pillnitz/P4100228gross.jpg

It was my awed pleasure. I meant to mention that one of the sites I
found reckons the thing puts out 35,000 flowers at a time. A
must-see, I think.

The garden is called "English-style" in German, the place houses a
horticultural college (which is promising), and it only costs a euro
to get in. I do hope some urgler will tell us about it soon.

--
Mike.

 



   I want one of those greenhouses, wheeled out  to cover the whole
garden in winter.

   Janet.