I am not a camellia fan as I said and have never seen the colour of the flowers on Debbie, a friend bought it for me because of the name. If it ever flowers I will give you my opinion of the colour. I will definitely do what I can to get flowers next year.
Debs, not directly in response to your post, but they have just come out.
Debbie, williamsii. 2023 This is not the normal shape. Called waterlily type. I also lost a lot of buds through not watering in the drought. But look at all that new growth, and I thought it was a cold winter.
This is a 2022 pic. The more usual shape.
location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand. "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
I like that pink. Very pretty. I will feed Debbie today and try to keep on top of the watering. It’s in ericaceous compost in a big pot so fingers crossed for flowers next Spring
Thank you! The funny thing is, a few years ago this bush dropped almost all it's leaves overnight and I thought it wouldn't survive. But I chopped it down to just the bottom branches, and it hasn't looked back.
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Debbie, williamsii. 2023
This is a 2022 pic. The more usual shape.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
Camellia senator fletcher. Just coming out. Seems smaller this year. The flower, that is.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
Japonica Jupiter. (but I might have misnamed it)
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
But here is my latest camellia to open: Apollo; japonica with enormous flowers.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."