Welcome on Lovcam.org, you will find here a nomenclature of all camellias I photographed and pages on camellia care, camellia diseases, collecting camellia cuttings and pruning.

The search function will let you find camellias according to criteria you will choose (specie, color, size, habit, ...).

We have received numerous requests, but we want to make clear that we don't grow camellias and have nothing to sell or exchange.

17/05/2010 : Lovcam is five years old

This year, 91 534 visitors came to visit us (261 167 page seen). Thanks for your fidelity.

For this birthday, we add 11 camellias in the nomenclature and pages introducing new destinations to visit : the Parco Botanico del Gambarogno, the Isole di Brissago (both in Switzerland) and the Parc de Procé in Nantes (France).
We also completed a major update of photos (almost 550 new) in the nomenclature.

On every page describing a place to visit, a click on the globe will show its location on a map. Try it to see the location of the Giardini Rusca in Locarno, Switzerland (photo on the right).

Two new private gardens have been added to their dedicated page.

10/03/2010 : the 1 100^th camellia of the nomenclature

It is 'Elisa Mercoeur', a new plant created by Alfred Lemaître in 2000 and planted for the first time in the jardin des plantes de Nantes the 24th of june 2009.

26/02/2010 : English translation is now complete

The complete french to english translation is now finished. We've add a page related to the camellia's history and pages, in the Visits' part, about private gardens. Of course, if you find mistakes, please don't hesitate to tell us.

14/02/2010 : English translation for camellia lovers

We finaly achieved an almost complete english translation of Lovcam. Now, you can access to new pages related to camellia care, camellia diseases, pruning camellias and collecting camellia cuttings. Not much is still missing, except a small camellia history and pages about private gardens. They should be available in english soon...

03/09/2009 : Collector's corner

Here is a new page with remarquable objets for camellia collectors.

07/02/2009 : the 1 000^th camellia of the nomenclature

It took us 4 years, 1 month and 16 days, here is, in honor of the 200 000^th visitor C. nitidissima, the 1 000^th camellia of the nomenclature, remarkable by its yellow color.
We have also modified the sports page to display all the sports and seedlings of the camellias in the nomenclature.
In the nomenclature, the icone will display the camellia's genealogy.

This year, we had 78 909 visitors who came to visit us (234 080 pages seen). Thanks to all.

For this anniversary, we add 42 camellias in the nomenclature. The 1000^th is near, we will publish it soon !

We also invite you to a visit of the beautiful city of Locarno (Switzerland) and its Camellia International Show.

04/06/2009 : the 900^th camellia of the nomenclature

Here is 'Coquettina', the sport of 'Coquettii' and the 900^th camellia of the nomenclature.

We invite you to take a look at the last 100 photos, we have a lot of new ones.

We want to thank the 66 557 visitos who came to visit us (223 258 pages seen). Thanks to all. This year, we want to offer you a small history of the camellia (in french at the moment).

The page dedicated to the visit of the Royal greenhouses of Laeken (Belgium), has been updated after this year's visit (photo on the right 'Montironi Rubra').

The zoom on the photos has been modified to add the name of the camellia below the photo.

The 800^th camellia of the nomenclature

March 26, 2008, in the honour of the 100 000^th Lovcam visitor, here is 'Casimir', the 800^th camellia of the nomenclature, originated by Alfred Lemaitre (France).

04/01/2008 : You can now zoom on certain photos when you see a small magnifying glass when you fly over them. All the photos on this page allow this, so try !

The 700^th camellia of the nomenclature

July 12, 2007, here is 'Captain Rawes', considered as the first C. reticulata cultivated in Europe. It was brought from China in 1820 by Captain Rawes. It flowered for the first time in England in 1826.

This second year, 38 317 visitors came to visit us (153 558 pages seen). For this anniversary, we have created a new page dedicated to sports and added a new function in the nomenclature. Therefore, when a camellia is a sport or a seedling of another cultivar, a link allows you to jump to the original camellia. You can see this behaviour, for example on 'Elegans Champagne'.

Pages dedicated to the visits of Jardin des Plantes de Nantes, Domaine de Trévarez, Bambouseraie d'Anduze and Parc Floral de Paris have been deeply modified (and are now in english).

This new page will show you outstanding camellias.

The 600^th camellia of the nomenclature

Mars 24, 2007, a new camellia in my garden 'Katherine Nuccio', color rose-red.

The 500^th camellia of the nomenclature

January 27, 2007, 20 months after the site creation, we have the pleasure to present you the 500^th camellia of our nomenclature. It is 'Charmine', a pretty pink japonica.