I started getting bloomage in October from my sasanquas. Then in December we tanked to the teens so the camellias stopped blooming. In January, the japonicas started blooming but a dip to the teens again stopped that. Blooming began again in March. One sasanqua actually had two leftover unopened buds so for the first time ever, I saw that sasanqua and its next door neighbor (White By The Gate, a white japonica) both bloom at the same time. Blooming is now petering out from almost all of the camellias.

I do not get bud drop most times when in the teens although this year I saw some buds that were damaged partially (for example: one of the buds' petals was brown but the rest were green). Lowest temp was 13F; 2nd lowest was 15F. I tend to mulch them 2-4" and water them deeply on the night before these nasty temperature drops. Hopefully that helps them.

I typically do not need to protect the flower buds from early morning winter sun.

From fall through spring...

C. oleifera

Leslie Ann

Turandot

Gov Mouton

Jerry Hill

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RL Wheeler

Thanks Luis. I think I need more mulch and more water.

Wow, Dave. You clearly did not suffer any setbacks.

Wow- beautiful - you are a master camellia grower!! Thanks for pics.