CEMS AND JEWELS: The jewelry of the camellia world rivals anything around a movie star's neck or on a football player's finger

摘要

Hollywood stars wear million dollar Jewelry to events like the Academy Awards. The Super Bowl winning football players are awarded a large ring encrusted with gems. The diamond engagement ring and the simple but beautiful gold wedding ring are sacredsymbols of commitment and marriage. In the camellia world we have flowers that can rival any gem stone - and a number of them bear the names of gems and jewels because they are cherished for their beauty. This is the story of some of them, + Since 1935 Nuccio's Nurseries has introduced more than 200 new camellia cultivars. Only ten have been given the Nuccio family name, and five of them carry the name of gem or jewel. They have all won acclaim throughout the camellia world because of their beauty. First we have 'Nuccio's Cameo , the coral pink medium to large formal double flower that rivals the picturesque cameos that my grandmother, mother and women of their generation wore as pins. Next, alphabetically, is 'Nuccio's Genf, one of the most beautifully petaled, white formal double camellias in the world. Paul Jones, the well known camellia painter, thought that the flower exemplified perfection. 4* 'Nuccio's Jewel' is a lovely peony form white flower that shades to a delicate coral pink on the petal edges. It is at its best in my garden when gibbed,m which makes the colors more intense and ensures that it flowers before the heat of spring in Southern California.