Brookhaven Camellia Society

Welcome all. This site is for all persons interested in the camellia plant. Please join us at any of our meetings which are scheduled on 2nd Tuesday of each month from September to April.

Our Christmas meeting will be December 9, 6:30 p.m. at Shirley Estes home (504 Becker St. in Brookhaven). Bring a "pick-up" food dish as join us to get us in the holiday mood.

Billie Smith is working on the "Camellia Christmas Tree" --- Stop by the Lincoln County Library to see what she has put together for our group.

Looking to our Show in February ... invitation letters sent to 65 camellia judges and their spouses. If most of the judges again bring their typical cargo of camellia blooms, we should have another great display.

Brookhaven Camellia Show 2008

First camellia show this season (2008 -09) will be in Biloxi on November 22.... Do you have a few blooms to enter?

The Gulfport Camellia Society held their November 17, 2007 show at the Biloxi MSU Extension Building this year. Here are a couple of pictures from their show.

Our 2009 Brookhaven Camellia Show will be February 7 & 8 at the Brookhaven Recreation Department.

Pictures from a Brookhaven Show

Brookhaven Headtable 2006 Outside Blooms Trays of Three

Best White - Melissa Ann Best Lincoln County - Mary Agnes Patin Small Grower - Kramer's Supreme

For Norman Winter's Clarion Ledger article on having the Camellia Trail through Mississippi...Click here.

If you have an interest in growing, propagating or just enjoy the variety of camellias, then this is the site for you. Brookhaven has long been known for the abundance of camellia that seem to appear everywhere you look. This site is dedicated to promoting interest in these wonderful flowers.

Would you like to identify some camellias in your yard and be able to identify flower form? Click here for images of a few of the most common japonica varieties in our area. Click here for images and descriptions of the different forms of camellias.

A few pictures from 2006, 2005 & 2004 Camellia Shows here

Here are a few pictures from the 2005 Pensacola Camellia Show - Click here.

Here are some pictures from the 2006 & 2005 Baton Rouge Camellia Show - Click here

Here are some pictures from 2006 New Orleans Camellia Show - Click here

Did you ever wonder about who the people are for which camellias are named? Click here to see the real Helen Bowers and also a couple of pictures from the 2005 Mobile Camellia Show.

We had a great trip to the Burden Gardens. Click here to see some of the pictures from the trip.

Here are a few camellia people -- can you connect named camellias to them?

This page was last updated on 11/20/08.