Propagation & Breeding

Camellia Production From Cuttings

by Robert Black
Bennett's Creek Wholesale Nursery
Suffolk, Virginia

Atlantic Coast Camellia Society
Atlantic Coast Camellias, Vol. 48, #2
Summer 2001
Reprinted with Permission

Bennett's Creek Nursery grows over one hundred different varieties of camellias to supply the demand of garden centers and professional landscapers throughout the mid-Atlantic and southeastern states. The majority are spring blooming japonicas and related hybrids, but fall blooming sasanquas are also offered. All plants are propagated at our propagation facility in Suffolk, with our main camellia growing facility in the Isle of Wight. Camellias are offered for sale in one, three, seven and fifteen gallon containers.

Camellia Air Layering

by Sil Caruso and Jim Darden
Clinton, North Carolina

American Camellia Society
The Camellia Review, Vol. 45, #1
Spring 1998
Reprinted with Permission

Sil Caruso, my former high school principal at Clinton High School and now an avid camellia grower in his retirement, presented a program to the Fayetteville Camellia Club last January on the topic of air layering. Using a set of photographs made of his techniques over a six month period, Sil did a fine job of explaining this interesting method of woody plant propagation to about 50 club members.