The Camellia Club of New Orleans will hold its 74th annual show and sale on Saturday at the Theodore Roosevelt Middle School Gymnasium, 3315 Maine Ave., Kenner. The free show opens to the public at 2 p.m.
Exhibitors from Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida will display more types of camellias than most gardeners can imagine.
Entry is free, and anyone who grows camellias is invited to enter their blooms from 8 a.m. until judging begins at 11 a.m. The plant sale will include several popular cultivars and many newer ones. Now is a great time to plant camellias in the landscape. Free informational material on topics such as fertilizing, pruning, transplanting and camellia care will be available.
The friendly and knowledgeable club members are always happy to answer questions or attempt to identify a cultivar if you bring in a flower.
More tips:
- Foxglove, delphinium, columbine and hollyhock are beautiful, spring-blooming, cool-season bedding plants that need to be planted early to put on a great display in spring. Plant them now or by February at the latest for bloom in April through May.
- Plant any spring-flowering bulbs you have been refrigerating now. You cannot keep the bulbs and plant them next year.
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