Fall Blooms

 When the leaves start to change, my camellias start to bloom.  I have two of them in my yard.  One is a spindly  pink camellia that blooms prolifically.  I have tried to get it to be bushier by pruning it, but it insists on growing tall and sparse.  This plant has been blooming about a month.

My other one is shorter and fuller, but it has only ever bloomed twice even thought it's been in the ground for years.  It just started blooming last week.  My theory is that it only blooms when it gets an abundance of rain, which we have certainly had this year.