Tuesday, October 12, 2021

Theaceae | Winter Flowers | Camellias

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Winter is their time to shine. Clothed in lustrous, dark green foliage, Camellias are natives of Japan and China. They produce large, elegant, rose-like blossoms that range in color from pale ivory to shell pink to glistening crimson. The flowers come in a variety of shapes and sizes. They may be single, semi-double, anemone form, peony form, rose form double, and formal double.

Bonanza camellia (Camellia sasanqua 'Bonanza')

Camellia japonica 'R.L. Wheeler'

Professor Sargent camellia (Camellia japonica 'Professor Sargent')

Camellia 'Winter's Rose'

Camelia are not just plants with beautiful flowers but Camellia sinensis is a species of evergreen shrubs or small trees inthe flowering plant family Theaceae whose leaves and leaf buds are used to produce tea. Twinings is an old British tea company with a long history.

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Friday, August 13, 2021

Garvan Woodland Botanical Gardens

Garvan Woodland Gardens is situated on a woodland peninsula on the shores of Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The gardens feature rocky inclines reminiscent of the surrounding Ouachita Mountains, floral landscapes, streams, and waterfalls in a natural woodland setting. Plant collections include hundreds of rare shrubs and trees. Botanically noted for camellias, magnolias, roses and more than 160 different types of azaleas. The Japanese Garden, Garden of the Pine Wind, showcases Japanese maples, peonies, conifers, and rock gardens.

In 1956, Verna Cook Garvan began to develop the site as a garden. In 1993, Mrs. Garvan left the property to the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Arkansas. Several beautiful buildings have been added to the garden. Fay Jones, dean of the University of Arkansas School of Architecture, co-designed the Verna Cook Garvan Pavilion. The Anthony Family Carillon electronic bell tower, below,was designed by David McKee and the Anthony Chapel was a collaboration with architect, Maurice Jennings and McKee.