As your camellia plants get older, they may better tolerate being in the full sun. This is because their leaves will be more layered and spread out, supplying more shade to the roots of the plant.

CORVALLIS - Is your camellia bush looking a little bedraggled? Some older plants are so full of leaves and thin branches that they bear poor quality flowers. Others carry leaves burned by winter ...

Camellia flowers, with their beautiful petals and evergreen leaves, would add layers of charm to your yard. That's as long as you watch out for these diseases.

Members of the Camellia Society held a small bloom show in Newberg, and Stewart created a map for visitors to find the original bushes. About 50 people showed up, he said.

More than 400 Camellia plants hit the soil during that frenzy of planting. Newberg was a very small town in those early days of Camellia fascination as a floral fad across the United States.