Re: Camelias - time to give up trying?
That must be very disappointing Tess, especially as you've done your best.Re: Camelias - time to give up trying?
Yes t'is in ericaceous Mups, I don't feed it though, perhaps that's what's wrong. It's grown well otherwise though.Re: Camelias - time to give up trying?
Re: Camelias - time to give up trying?
I have never covered my camellias (4). Two of which I planted seventeen years ago in my son's garden, just down the road from me. They are very large now and have flowered prolifically without any special treatment all these years. Here in this house (5years) on the top of a hill, I have two camellias, one in a tub standing exposed on the decking to frost, snow and rain, again no special treatment apart from ericacious compost. I has beautiful glossy leaves and loads of buds just beginning to show.Re: Camelias - time to give up trying?
Is it in a tub, or in the ground?Re: Camelias - time to give up trying?
We have four camellias in the garden (in the ground). They are in with the rhodi bushes and I think they get a bit of protection from them. One pale cream/yellow one flowers a bit earlier than the rest and this is the one which catches the frost some years. It is also the one with the most flowers on. I think when choosing camellias I would now ask for the later flowering varieties. The cream one is the best of the bunch, when it doesn't get damaged by the weather.Re: Camelias - time to give up trying?
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