1 - Wingst: Nursery of Peter Fischer -- INTERNATIONAL CAMELLIA GARDEN OF EXCELLENCE 2 - Essen:Gruga Public Garden 3 - Grüngräbchen: Seidel Nursery, including azalea & rhododendron 4 - Rosswein: Camellia tree older than 150 years? 5 - Pillnitz castle near Dresden: Germany's most famous tree, The Pillnitz Camellia. More than 230 years old.  Zuschendorf:  collection of the old camellia cultivars of the Seidel family. 6 - Frankfurt am Main:Camellia exhibitions in the "Palmengarten", early March. 7- Landau: Several potted camellias older than 150 years. Among them a single-flower form like that in Pillnitz. 8 - Stuttgart:  Good indoor collection of rather old Camellia species in the Botanical park "Wilhelma". 9- Bodensee: Private Camellia garden of Rosemary Krämer.

Climatic situation: Germany has only partial maritime influence. Normally there are harsh, cold winters too cold to reliably plant camellias outdoor. Some regions have a slight advantage: the Wingst area, the Ruhr region near Essen and the upper Rhine valley from Freiburg to Frankfurt. Frankfurt has the highest number of sunny days in Germany. Camellias in these regions have some chance of avoiding barksplit or freeze back every year. Camellias do rather well in open ground in these regions, only harsh frost periods do damage. In gardens in other regions, however, camellias experience a regular frost damage, the yearly shoots are small, and plants reach heights from 1-2 meter, if one is lucky.

Peter Fischer has the official frost test station in Germany.  He always encourages us, with some success, to try outdoor planting, and we all wait for more cold-resistant camellias.