camellias

By THOMAS ADAMSON - AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Colossal camellias served as the ready-to-wear altarpiece for Chanel’s sparkling, bloom-inspired fall display.Meanwhile, Miuccia Prada’s baby sister…

By THOMAS ADAMSON - AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Colossal camellias served as the ready-to-wear altarpiece for Chanel’s sparkling, bloom-inspired fall display.Meanwhile, Miuccia Prada’s baby sister…

Houseplant pioneer Chantal Aida Gordon communes with nature on her magical patio garden in Atwater Village.(Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)…

When I found out a camellia growing in a public garden in Hornsby was recently designated a significant historical ornamental camellia tree by the International Camellia Research Society, of course I had to see it.A bloom on one of the…

“I was drawn to the simple ones,” she says, “the traditional Japanese ‘Higo’ varieties associated with the samurai, who grew them in their gardens.”She picks one to show me, ‘Tama-no-ura’. It really does look straight out of a scroll…

“I was drawn to the simple ones,” she says, “the traditional Japanese ‘Higo’ varieties associated with the samurai, who grew them in their gardens.”She picks one to show me, ‘Tama-no-ura’. It really does look straight out of a scroll…