Growing Camellias in Zone 4!

A small greenhouse bring flowers into the depths of winter

Nina Eadie saw ourrecent GPOD post with camellias , and had to take a moment to share her experience ! She wrote ,

I just saw the camelia posting , and I have to dissent that you ca n’t grow camellia in zone colder than 7 ! In my zona 4 - 5 Montana garden I have cultivate this piddling guy cable in a quite a little in my greenhouse along with a potted fig ( Ficus carica , Zones 8 – 10 ) and a potted Meyer lemon ( Citrus x meyeri , Zones 9 - 10 ) .

The greenhouse low ( my advice to anyone building a greenhouse is to make it at least twice as big as you think you need ! ) , but it ’s big enough to give me my horticulture ‘ reparation ’ through our long winter . There ’s a plenty of computer storage on top of the soffits , and even a small workspace .

We work up the greenhouse on the south side of the garage , so there ’s enough lightness to overwinter the camellia , fig , gamboge , rosemary and a few other small things that are n’t winter hardy here . It also makes a nice sunroom on bright winter days . We ’re far enough north that it has to be heated ( there ’s a small-scale wall warmer on a thermostat ) , and all the seminal fluid have to started under light .

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A blooming camellia, ripe lemons and a fig tree thriving while snow covers the ground outside.

The story of this little camellia (variety unknown) is a funny one. It was originally given as a gift to my hairdresser, who self-identifies as having two black thumbs. In addition, it was a bonsai, so when she begged me to take it off her hands it was pretty much dead.

I repotted the half-dead camellia, and shaped it over several years, and it has rewarded me in the dead of winter, when I need it most, with an explosion of bloom. I bring it into the house to enjoy it during those dark days.It’s a very tough little plant, requiring very little care, and if I ever have a larger greenhouse, I plan to adopt some siblings for it!