Paluma gardeners Nick and Glenda Van Rynswoud are well known for their gardening finesse and expertise in growing a variety of plants too numerous to mention. They have an award-winning garden at 40 Mt Spec Road and in 2017 they were crowned the Overall Winner in the Paluma Garden Competition.
Just recently it became apparent that these two very keen gardeners just might have produced the largest flower of the Camellia genus that has been seen in the village!
The remarkable flower measures at least 15cm x 15cm and is about the size of a small plate. It is soft pink in colour with a beautiful ruffled edge. What is most surprising is that this large flower has been produced on a relatively tiny shrub, no more than 50 cm in height.
Glenda bought the plant from a market stall so she does not know the species or variety of the plant. All we know is that is it likely to be from the genus Camellia. Glenda was told the plant was a ‘red camellia’ so you can imagine her surprise when the large ruffled pink flowers started to appear.
Could this be the largest single Camellia flower grown in Paluma village?
Have you grown a larger flower in your garden, or do you know of other flowers of this size? Let us know!!
Amazing! I have over 25 mature Camelia trees on my block but nothing with flowers that size.