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Quick Overview
Balsam, Camellia
Balsams can be started indoors or direct seeded outside when the danger of frost has passed. Plants from seed started outside will not bloom until late July or early August. Pants started indoors may bloom as early as late June. The plants continue to bloom until the first frost. Plants can tolerate partial shade or full sun. They are not drought tolerant and they wither in intense heat, but recover quickly.
Type | Spacing | Planting Depth | Days to Germination | Blossoms |
Annual | 18-24 in. | 1/2 in. | 10-14 | 30-45 |
Balsam, Camellia
Balsams belong to an important family of plants which include the popular bedding plant, Impatiens. The plant is a native of Asia, but had been introduced into Europe by the mid-1500’s and was being grown in Great Britain by the late 1500’s. By the late 1700’s, they had been introduced into the US. Joseph Breck, in his 1851 book, The Flower Garden, notes that the plant was also known as “Touch-me-not”. He wrote, “The Double Balsam is one of the most prominent ornaments of the garden, in July and August. Old seed is considered by some to be the best, as more likely to produce double flowers. The seeds should be saved from double flowering plants only; all single flowering ones should be destroyed as soon as they appear…If the soil is rich and a little moist, or supplied with moisture, the plants will attain a monstrous size, and be completely covered with a profusion of flowers all the season. All the full double varieties are beautiful; the colors are crimson, scarlet, light and dark purple, rose, blush, white &c.; some produce white and red or purple flowers on the same plant; others are variegated, or spotted with various shades of red and purple, which are decidedly the most elegant…” Balsam Camellia was introduced in 1863 and enjoyed great popularity as a Victorian garden flower, but in the 1900’s, balsams lost favor with gardeners and today in many parts of the country, balsams are difficult to find.