Camellia longicarpa 26/4 Restock found in southwest Virginia by

found in southwest Virginia by the late Norman Beal

which is either a statement about obscurity or about priorities

so this is an ornamental and a useful plant at once

Few hardy shrubs put on a show like Caesalpinia gilliesii

where the plant asks little once established and holds a neat

Camellia longicarpa 26/4 Restock found in southwest Virginia byMost American gardeners know two camellias, the winter blooming Camellia japonica and the autumn blooming Camellia sasanqua, each in a hundred named forms. Camellia longicarpa belongs to a different and far less familiar company: the small flowered wild camellias of section Theopsis, scarcely grown on this side of the Pacific. Woodlanders remains one of the few nurseries offering these lesser known species to gardeners who want the wild plant rather