Heavy frost (friday night) did much damage!

They are so lovely Camelias but I haven't had much luck with them. I hear a East sun rising aspect isn't good for them. Also the naughty eatie bug that got into my pot didn't do it much good either. Hope yours is ok, they are so worth the show.

The pink petals are a lovely colour...
I hope some of the buds avoided the frost...

beautiful

Sadly only beautiful Paul, Lulu and TT for a couple of days and the whole bush is brown now! I could cry, it is protected by a fence but that was one big frost! :~(

That is gorgeous, what a pity the frost got it, it got mine too not a bud in sight:0(

Oh after all that harsh winter PP. and then spring was in our sight, then pow. overnight, so cruel. :~(

That is stunny grandmage lets hope it returns next year with out a frost and bloom wonderfully for you.

We had a frost last night,but I lost a lot of my buds in the winter.I stil have a lot which are just showing the pink,so fingers crossed..Its so sad,when we wait so long for them to flower too..I'm really sorry yours have caught it so badly...

Hello 6d the sad trouble with Camellias is that they flowers just a wee bit too early for their own good!! I love them though, Bloomer mine were showing so much promise but I looked today and all is not lost, I thought the whole lot had gone brown but fingers crossed there is some more pink showing!!! :#)

Yes thats true Grandmage as you can get early flowering ones, in future you ll have to get a bit later on that comes about April.

Oh,I'm glad about that,Grandmage..all the ones lower down,and under cover of foliage seem to be ok.Time will tell,for us both..!Hope we will be posting pics of them soon.:o)

Thanks Bloomer, fingers crossed!!

G/Madge the colour is perfect, hope it survives o.k. for you, mine is looking pretty sickly at the moment

Glad all is not lost, Grandmage, such a beautiful plant. I have a couple of camellias and find the white one seems more vulnerable to frost damage than the red one but perhaps that is due to position more than anything else.

mines white Gee, maybe thats why its looking sickly, what with frosts and the cold winter,, although 6d told me what to do for it,

so sorry the frost got to it Grandmage, hope it comes back

Hi all, Gee, Yorks & San, Its strange but at the moment what looked a very brown bush has sprung back and doesnt look too bad, think I over-reacted although I have lost some buds and the edges of the flowers are brown it does not look too bad, all my Camellias are protected by a fence!! But that was some big frost, brrrr.

glad its better than first though, thats something :o)

Thanks San, I was horrified when I first saw them but given this lovely warmth & sunshine that we have been treated to, they seem to have perked up! Its been so lovely today, I went out without a coat!!!

lovely here to but frost tonight so hope you camellia is ok, i hope it lasts over weekend as going out to plant fair on sunday :o)

They have said it will turn colder !!! Great, just a we begin to plant up things!! Anyway enjoy your plant fair, take a trolley to load up with all your goodies! :~)

yes im taking my tesco bags and a box for the boot lol

Dont forget your hubbies wallet too, Lol!!!!

Such a shame, you wait all year for the flowers and then the frost takes them.......you can't win!!

lol Grandmage :o)

Dd, its soul destroying!, never the less better weather is on its way, I am ever hopefull! :~)

I had to look twice Grandmage - I thought it was a Rose! But what a beauty. My fingers are crossed for you :-)

Well as it happens they have pulled through Muddy, luckily it seemed to be the outer coating of the bud that had turned brown, Phew!! I agree they are very 'rose' like aren't they?