Baby Pink Camellia

This camellia is a Moosey original, planted at the shady side of the house like all good camellias should be. It starts flowering in July and the display lasts for weeks.

I have no way of ever knowing what type of camellia this is. It's certainly a big healthy bush - over head height - and I'm grateful that the colour is so subtle.

Baby Pink Camellia

Like older varieties the flowers turn brown on the bush, but this doesn't worry me. When I'm organised I do a spot of grooming - the resulting pink and brown mulch on the soil below looks quite stylish!

An Original Moosey Shrub

As an original shrub in the Moosey garden, the baby pink camellia has had a couple of pruning sessions - once forced by branches breaking in a winter snow-fall. I've abandoned the 'bird-can-fly-through' pruning rule though - it's merely a matter of restricting the sideways sprawl.

I always pick spring flowers for the house from this bush - and each year I always take lots of close-up photographs. These are ALWAYS out of focus - perhaps this camellia is just too shy!