Camellia sasanqua 'Yuletide' & Camellia x williamsii 'Donation' 4 March 2026

 

Today, 4 March 2026, the sun came out, sort of, that, and Rosemary’s open flowers cheered me up. I decided to scan the plants by their categories and not together. 

Crocus vernus 'King of the Striped'

 

The scan of the two camellias, one in huge glory and the other very small made me really think of Rosemary. That little Camellia sasanqua ‘Yuletide’ always bloomed at Christmas. This year it did not and it started blooming at the end of February. This particular scan of an uncharacteristically small size I adored as it reminded me how in 52 years with Rosemary I never got to know her completely. Every day there was some new surprise in store for me.

Left - Helleborus x niger 'Honeyhill Joy', top Helleborus 'Wedding Crasher' & the third unknown

Rosemary might have remembered the name of the hellebore for which I found no metal ID. These ID tend to either fade or simply get lost. At one time I would have been upset. Now I don't care if I cannot remember the names. In our former large Kerrisdale garden during that garden craze in the 90s and first 10 years of this century serious gardeners came so we had to make sure all the plants were identified. In this complex world some stuff is going in the opposite direction.