In 2012 the culls should have started, with a plan to roll it out to a further ten zones in 2013, then another ten in 2014, right now if the government had had it's way THIRTY TWO cull zones would now be finishing for the year.
Alabama State Flower. Camellia is a genus of about 82 species of evergreen shrubs or trees of the tea family Theaceae, native to tropical and subtropical Asia. Popular as an ornamental flower, the Camellia is the Alabama State Flower. The common Camellia is classified as Camellia japonica. Camellia is an easy to grow evergreen flowering shrub with many uses, incredible ruggedness, and great beauty.
The latest evidence came in the form of the realization that the state flower is the camellia, a flower native to Korea, China, and Japan. Conspicuously absent from that native range is the great state of Alabama. In most states, the state flower is a plant native to the state, such as the magnolia for Mississippi, the violet for New Jersey, or the California poppy in the bear state. Sure, camellias are lovely.