Monday, February 14, 2011

Spring is near!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

On Sunday, February 13th 2011 I went to the Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston, Ma  http://www.towerhillbg.org/  to get my fix of SPRING, which was much needed after the abundance of snow fall this winter. It was their annual Camellia show. I never had a camellia before and although they seem fussy I found one in my home at the day's end! My darling husband bought me a simple white Shira ogi. It's budding up now and should bloom any day. Wish me luck with it! I am now a member of the Massachusetts Camellia Society  http://www.macamelliasoc.org/  because the membership was free with my plant/shrub purchase. Not that I will be doing anything with this membership .... but who knew I would be a member of a society with such passion of a plant in which I never cared for before and hope not to kill:)

Here are just a few pictures I took (which I took over 200:)!!!


Camellias @ the show on display

The Sira ogi that my hubby bought me

The 182nd Annual Camellia Show

Warmth-Nature-Beauty-Sun
What more could a lady ask for on a cold, bitter day?

The photo above and below is how my blooms will
look on my Camellia Shira ogi!!! Can't wait to share them with you once it blooms!

3 comments:

  1. Happy Valentines Day!! I would have loved to go to that show! I always thought Camilias had to be grown in a warm climate. Such a beautiful flower! Mary

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  2. Richelle,

    I bet you were in heaven at the Flower Show! Camellia Shira ogi is some good looking flower.

    Happy Valentine's Day!

    Dee

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  3. I thought they were a warm climate plant as well! I saw some last year in Florida, and they were just beautiful. I can't wait to see yours blooming!

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