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What's wrong with my camellia?

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hmmm123 · 11/04/2020 16:06

I've potted it in erricaous compost but the leaves have gone yellow/red

I've watered it every day in hot weather

What's wrong with my camellia?
OP posts:
Mixingitall · 11/04/2020 16:29

I don’t think there is anything wrong. I have a number of planted camellias and the flowers are now dying off.

GreyishDays · 11/04/2020 16:30

That just looks like new growth?

Dodie66 · 11/04/2020 16:33

Yes those are new shoots. They are that colour to start with.the flowers will die off especially if there is a frost

morecoffeerequired · 11/04/2020 16:35

I've got two camellias in different parts of the garden and they are both suffering at the moment. I don't think they like the weather, and I reckon there is some sort of rust disease going about as well. I'm going to give mine a shot of seaweed/sequestered iron feed and see if that does any good.

AlwaysOnAbloodyDiet · 12/04/2020 10:06

Definitely new growth. Feed it once it has finished flowering, mine is always poor after flowering. I think they put a lot of energy into blooming.
And give plenty water in August for next years buds Smile

viques · 12/04/2020 10:17

My camellia has just finished flowering, produced the most flowers it has ever done. It looks a bit of a mess at the moment as it has dead beige petals everywhere, I will take them off carefully this afternoon and give it a feed. Looks as though yours is a very new one OP, well done for getting it to flower in its first year. Give it a feed, I give everything in my garden that flowers a handful of pelleted chicken manure .

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