Camellia Problem

I never prune my camelias WOO .

HAve you scraped the stem of bark to see if still green.

Mind you last year I bought a new camellia yultide it did nto come through the winter but was something wrong with it an dI got it replaced .

I got another and its long great still young so may be while before it blooms.

I do feed my camelias.

Try teasing all the roots it may help may not.

And pot with fresh compost and pleanty tlc.

Hope this helps.

Scotkat

 

Poor Camellia the only time they ever need a prune is if it get's tall and leggy with few blooms then you take it back to about knee height to rejuvenate it although this can have the opposite effect:o

 

Hope you can bring it back to life Woo shame your neighbour never took it back to where she bought it from.

 

Is it a trick of the camera or is it bone dry?

I'd give it the scratch test, (if still alive), I'd then put it into a bucket of water for a day.
Pot it into a pot only slightly bigger and keep it in the greenhouse for the winter, most camelias are capable of some winter growth if protected.

Someone certainly did a pruning job on that.

 

I think the problem is the rootball. It's obviously been potbound for some while in which case the roots won't retain any water.

I agree with ScotKat the roots need teasing apart. If it was mine I would be quite harsh in seperating them.

Woo, you said it had been in the ground since April, the roots should have been teased apart before planting and I think this is why it hasn't 'got away'.

 

I've planted 3 in a garden 2 years ago .... they like a good deep watering once a week and prefer semi-shade .... I also fertilize once in a while with miraclegro (for azelias )

2 are planted in semi shade and one in a sunier position ... the 1 in the sunnier position does not do as well as the other 2 in shade, and sometimes the edges of some leaves gets a bit of browning ...

worked at that garden last week, and all 3 shrubs have formed loads of buds already, so hoping they bloom well in late winter ... they are evergreen (have leaves throughout the year)

in another garden nearby, someone has planted a white flowering one and a red flowering one in the same planting hole

looks spectacular when they bloom as it looks like one bush with 2 different coloured flowers ... the 2 bushes are approx 5 foot high

will ask them next year if I can take a photo and will post it in the 'what's looking good in February' thread

 

Your welcome my friend

 

Thought you might be interested in this one *dim*.
Its "Lavinia Maggii, but one branch has "reverted", and produces pinky red flowers, whereas the norm for this variety is the white/pink flecked flowers.



Out of interest I also have a hardy hibiscus, variety unknown, with red and white flowers, a sucker from the base is producing purple flowers, so it appears to be two different coloured flowers on the same plant.