Near to our front door, there is a gap before the hedge begins. To make it a little more private, Hubby recently bought a planter with trellis, but it has been without a plant for a couple of weeks. So after our clothes had dried out, we went searching...
I spotted a very pretty pink camellia plant, but it had a tag on it that said 'Mrs. Tingley'. So I thought, drat, someone has reserved it. It was the most established of the camellia plants and by far the most attractive. So Hubby went to the till area and asked whether it was for sale or not. The man at the till didn't recall reserving it for anyone today, so he agreed that yes it was for sale. Fabulous. The next step was getting it in the car. That was fun! We pushed my seat right back and it went on the floor by my feet. We had a few petal casualties, but nothing major. Text received from Barbara saying she had passed us on the way to a restaurant.. she did not catch sight of my new plant, I'm not sure how she missed it!!
Back home and new plant in situ, Hubby does some research. 'Mrs. Tingley' would appear to be a specific species of camellia plant... who knew?? Not us, and obviously not the man at the till!
So here are some pics of 'Mrs. Tingley'...
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