Recent updates
- 23 April 2025 - Shared 2025 ICS Congress photos.
- 8 April 2025 - Added ICS Congress 2025 Congress Proceedings (members only).
- 19 February 2025 - Added Journal 2024 article French translation (members only).
- 17 February 2025 - Updated Congress 2025 Itinerary.
- 11 February 2025 - Added Journal 2024 (members only); Articles translations Spanish, French, Japanese and Portuguese (members only).
News
President's Message 2025
27 Jan 2025
Dear friends, I hope all of you are well. Let me inform you about the ICS 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.
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).