How to grow a camelia bush?

My grandmother has a camelia bush in her front yard that is very old. When in bloom, it has both the red blooms and the white w/ red stripes blooms on it. A little while back, it put on these green hard ball looking things. Now there are these brown nut looking things in their place. are these seeds? can i pick them and plant them to get a camelia bush?

How to grow a camelia bush?
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"It is a camellia seed pod set by nature( by bug, bee etc). You can wait when the fruit lacks shine and cracking on the bush. You will have a few seeds in Sept or Oct. Keep the seeds with moist perlite in a small zip-lock bag in refrigerator . You can germinate it next March with sand and ground peat in a 2- gal pot. You should have new camellias flower in about 5 years, possible resembling the mother camellia plant."


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How to grow a camelia in a container:


http://www.ehow.com/how_2069894_grow-cam...
Reply:Camella seeds (the nut looking things) should be gathered in fall as soon as the fleshy seeds split. Do not wait for the seed coat to harden! You can sow the fresh, fleshy seeds immediately this fall. If you decide to store the seeds for next spring, dry them on newspaper first. Camella does not need cold stratification, so store in a cool dry location (you do not need to put them in the refrigerator). Hard, dry seeds must be soaked in 180 degree F water for 24 hours just before planting in spring. Remember not to plant your seeds too deep. A seed should not be planted deeper than two times its diameter.


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