How to choose and grow camellias, the queen of winter flowers, in Oregon

For once, Marcia and I had narrowed down our list of what to give beloved daughter-in-law Dawn for her birthday (which is the day this appears in print, not coincidentally).

It was going to either be a new, dazzling, one-of-a-kind cultivar of camellia (we all love camellias) or a chance to write another column (we all love it when she writes).

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