camellia woes

Remember when we would wake up on a frosty morning, look out the window and see the ground covered in an unexpected white blanket of snow? Those were the days! Now we are forewarned way in advance.

Camellias grow well in Wilmington and are very popular. Several bushes are now blooming in my yard. At least the weather warnings gave me a chance to cut some to bring inside. When I see the beautiful flowers that have turned an icky, sticky brown after a freeze, I always feel sad. Now I feel I have rescued a few. Here's a bud that almost missed growing up.