Camellias came to England and Portugal in the Eighteenth century. In the Nineteenth Century, they spread to almost all Europe, becoming an icon of beauty and luxury.
Europe features many gardens of excellence and the largest number of regional societies. Southern European countries, which enjoy a mild climate, can cultivate outdoor almost all varieties and species, as the varieties and hybrids of Camellia sasanqua and of yellow camellias. In turn, the hardier Camellia japonica and Saluenensis hybrids thrive also in England and even in Norway.
Wytze Hoekstra
Netherlands
Frieda Delvaux
Belgium
Hugo Dirks
Belgium
Antonija Cvetkovic
Janine Buckley
Jersey, C.I.
Peter Scott-Graham
Jersey, C.I.
Maxine Fergusson
Jersey, C.I.
Jacques SOIGNON
Jean-Pierre OLRY
Yves CHAPEL
Anke Koschitz
Karin Jacobs-Gebauer
Germany
Prof. Gianmario Motta
Italy
Mirella Motta
Italy
Eduarda Paz
Portugal
João Forjaz Sampaio
Azores
Renata Ferreira
Portugal
Carmen Salinero Corrall
Spain
Pilar Vela Fernández
Spain
Rolf Stockmann
Switzerland
Claudia Respini
Switzerland
John Fildew
U.K.
Gary Long
U.K.
Caroline Bell
U.K.
Patricia Short
U.K.
Explore the wonderful world of the International Camellia Society’s Gardens of Excellence in Europe.
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