article_snippet.sent: Commonplace Commonplace may be, but there's nothing ordinary about camellias.
article_snippet.sent: And when the flowers open the flowers '­alabaster petals' — as the novelist Balzac put it — camellias are positively regal.
article_snippet.sent: camellias are easy to grow, but picky about soil.
article_snippet.sent: If yours is acid, free-draining and nutritious, camellias'll thrive, but camellias mope in alkaline or neutral ground.
article_snippet.sent: Camellias are amazingly versatile.
article_snippet.sent: You can give Camellias free rein or prune to keep Camellias compact.
article_snippet.sent: I've seen Camellias trained on walls, bent over arches and even grown as hedging.
article_snippet.sent: Camellias are happy in sun or shade and grow as readily among other shrubs as in isolation.
article_snippet.sent: And unlike other spring shrubs, camellias stagger camellias flowering over a long time.
article_snippet.sent: Potted camellias won't last as long as those in the ground.
article_snippet.sent: Potted camellias tend to lose Potted camellias youthful charm after five or six years, but are not difficult to propagate.
article_snippet.sent: This is also a good time to buy camellia plants.
article_snippet.sent: You can see camellia plants in flower, select your favourites and enjoy this year's display.
article_snippet.sent: Camellia japonica — native to cooler regions of China, Japan and Korea —
highlights_snippet.sent: The Camellias evergreen foliage are easy to grow and like acid, free-draining and nutritious soil .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Camellias are happy in sun or shade and grow readily among other shrubs .