In 1942, the founder of the gardens purchased about 100 thousand camellias from Japanese nurserymen facing internment, evidently at a fair price. The gardens do have plenty of camellias, and many were in flower
as were many other plants, some of whose names we knew, for example clivia
some unknown
some new to me but identified by the signs
The gardens had many visitors, though they did not seem crowded. Some visitors were there for "TOMATOMANIA!", said to be the world's largest tomato seedling sale, and had seedlings in hand. Most just strolled through, taking pictures now and then.
I have heard only good things about San Diego, and liked the little we saw years ago.
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