Locarno, the lady of the camellias: the camellia: sensuously shaped, richly hued, synonymous with chic (it was Coco Chanel's favourite), and it flowers in the greyest, coldest period of the year. If that weren't enough it's also evergreen and dead easy to grow. Little wonder that the camellia is one of the world's favourite blooms.

Swiss News › Nbr. 2008, April 2008

Author: Golini, Catherine

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Locarno, the lady of the camellias: the camellia: sensuously shaped, richly hued, synonymous with chic (it was Coco Chanel's favourite), and it flowers in the greyest, coldest period of the year. If that weren't enough it's also evergreen and dead easy to grow. Little wonder that the camellia is one of the world's favourite blooms.

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This fabulous flower arrived in Europe sometime in the 18th century, thanks to a Moravian, Jesuit missionary and botanist named Georg Josef Kamel, who was also known as 'Camellus'. Three hundred years is but a blink of an eye in the...

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