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For those cases in which one lives in an apartment or house dark, there are different varieties that give satisfaction and joy of their flowers, with very little light. Let’s see how to grow …

Camellia

This flower, which has no perfume, is native to East Asia, China, Indochina, Japan and spread through Europe in the hands of the Jesuits.

A shrub or tree pernnifolio slow growth is exceptional for its flowering in three of the four seasons: fall, winter or spring. There are over 3,000 different varieties, a number that increases annually.

A symbol of longevity bond of love, happy marriage, fortune, victory and happiness. This plant is decorative and colorful, but also can grow in pots.

Its flowers are solitary, appearing at the apex of each branch, and are a single or double corolla, and realizing various colors. They usually measure about 7-12 cm. in diameter with five sepals and five petals, the stamens are numerous and are united in the middle or two thirds of its length.

The flower color ranges from white to red, single, double or two colors. Its leaves are persistent, coriaceous, shortly petiolate, with jagged edges, ending in a point, alternate and shiny dark green and alive with paler undersides.

The oil from its seeds become dehydrated very little and retains moisture, which is why it was used as hair conditioner and skin treatments to prevent the rough edges. At one point, its excellent antioxidant properties made it ideal for cooking.

It needs little shade, but sometimes can be exposed to full sun often provided spraying the leaves and not miss the humidity.

Protect from direct sun to partial shade cloth, so that leaves do not turn brown and lose their nice green color, like a moist environment.

Care must be taken especially high heat, unless the leaves do not lack humidity and protection from cold winds and frost can damage buds, so it is recommended to plant it near a wall.

The soil must be porous, with lots of organic matter and drainage, and should never be planted in calcareous soils. You need constant watering during the summer and in winter and moderate watering will be enough to spray the plant on a regular basis, is payable after flowering and trim, when the flower bud can be seen at the apex of each branch.

It is also highly recommended that every so often, we add iron sulphate, or better, or a chelated iron fertilizer “acid” special.

Cleaning Pruning: Remove dead branches, dried or diseased.

Extra-long branches of the tree by its excess force. No flowers should be left to ripen fruits so as not to remove forces.

Pruning Flowering. Do not prune when you have the Camelia blossoms.

Excel all branches immediately after flowering in spring, short thumbs 2 or 3 lateral buds, ie by cutting just above the second or third bud told from the insertion of the outbreak. Shoots emerge from these buds the following year will occur in the tips of new branches a flower.

Source: www.enplenitud.com/nota.asp?articuloid=12617