The Beautiful Camellias

The camellias bloom in winter when the skies are cold and gray
When the sun shines at it's weakest and the spring seems far away
Each tree an individual by the shade of flowers they bear
An avenue of camellias of one shade of flowers more often than not rare.

In shades of pink and creams and reds the colours one might name
Each is an individual for no two look the same
The beautiful camellias resplendent in their flowers
They bloom in lawn and garden on winter's coldest hours.

In late Fall in Victoria in the southern hemisphere
The flower buds on camellia tell winter days are near
And before the wattles come to bloom towards the end of july
The flowers on the camellia tree lose their petals and die.

The beautiful camellias bloom in the cold winter showers
And long before the southern spring they will have lost their flowers
And on june's coldest and wettest day great beauty I can see
A mass of pink flowers blooming on the green camellia tree.