I am looking for cuttings of named camellia. I will gladly pay postage plus packaging for some new babies to root. Here is a link that might be useful: My Tradelist

I am looking for cuttings for named camellia. I will gladly pay postage plus packaging for some babies to root. Here is a link that might be useful: My Tradelist

It seems a terrible shame to attempt the dig of this very old camellia. Why not let it survive and thrive where it is? It's a big risk and would take professional resources, in my opinion. Millions and millions of people have left their grannies' homesteads to move elsewhere. Take cuttings with you.....not the plant. Let that part of your heritage thrive where it is. That is my heart-felt opinion, having had to leave a property or two behind. It's a blessing to go back and visit those plants! Another thing to consider is that the older a plant is, the less able it is to recover from stress. Plants get weaker and prone to problems as they age, just like we do. Fact, not theory.

Your grandmother's camellia might be 'Professor Sargeant' -- we'll not talk about the two that used to be here until DH decided to move them. Nevermind. Burying a limb will work IF you cut into the bark and put a pebble in the cut to hold it open. Sometimes. It works better for azaleas. I belong to the 'here, take this and stick it in the ground it will root' school of rooting cuttings as taught by Miss Billie Harvey. This brings up a multitude of questions from the person being told to stick a cutting in the ground: Where in the ground? How deep in the ground? Should it be in the shade? How often to water? How do I know when it has rooted? -- and on and on. Green thumbs are developed by trial and error. For every stem that roots, there are some that do not. Get some cuttings, stick them somewhere and don't let them dry out, but don't agonize over them too much. Type 'root Camellia' into Google or another search engine. Dozens of how-tos will appear. Here's a likely one with lots of tips, from a reliable source. Nell Here is a link that might be useful: Klaus Peper Tells How to Root Camellias