Recent updates
- 12 November 2024 - Added details of GoE Foshan Seascape Forestry Park
- 28 October 2024 - Added information on New Zealand National Camellia Show and Convention 2025
- 9 October 2024 - Added Guide for "How to search the Journal Archive" (members only)
- 9 October 2024 - Updated dadlines in page Call for Paper - 2025 International Camellia Congress in Japan.
- 7 October 2024 - Updated Historical Ornamental Tree Awards.
News
Florence Crowder
7 Jan 2025
Florence Crowder (88) left us on December 24, just before Christmas. She was a wonderful person, full of enthusiasm, and passionate about ancient camellia cultivars.
President's Message 2024
12 Nov 2024
Dear Directors and ICS officers, I hope this message finds you all well. Let me recall the main achievements of this second half of 2024.
Ancient revered Sanmen Tsubaki to be honoured at Tokyo ICS Congress
7 Oct 2024
One of Japan’s oldest and most revered camellia trees, the Sanmen Tsubaki (the three-sides camellia) of Kumano Shrine, Massaki-cho, Ofunato City, will be recognised as a Significant Historic Ornamental Camellia Tree at the forthcoming ICS Congress in Tokyo in 2025.
A Significant Historical Ornamental Tree Award has been given to Germany
2 Jul 2024
A Significant Historical Ornamental Tree Award has been given to Germany’s most iconic and famous ancient camellia tree, dated at over 250 years old, a single red Camellia japonica linked to 18th century importation of camellias into Europe.
The First ICS Award for a Historic Ornamental Camellia Tree
22 Apr 2024
Congratulations to Caerhays Castle Garden UK for an ICS Award for a Historic Ornamental Camellia Tree Collection of eleven specimens including five specimens of Camellia sasanqua (planted between 1899-1902), two specimens of Camellia x vernalis 'Dawn' (planted between 1899-1902), one specimen of Camellia japonica 'Gauntlettii' ('Sodekakushi', planted 1902), and one specimen of Camellia japonica 'Akashigata' (Lady Clare', planted 1906).
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