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    Posted Today at 04:20 PM by eddmcc
    Hi there,
    we bought a pink carmelia just under 1 year ago. It has been in a pot since then (repotted once after buying) but has not been doing well. It is about 50cm high, but it never flowered, although sometimes it looked as if it was developing buds. It now has 1 bud, which is again not opening. A few days ago it started to lose its leaves, so I'm wondering if it is now dying. Can somebody advise me if we can still save it, and if yes, what should we do? Or alternatively, if we buy a new one, what are the most likely mistakes we made with this one? It does not look as if it is infested with any bugs. The tips of some of the leaves might look a bit black/grey, but the leaves falling off look healthy and green.
    Any advice would be appreciated.
    Thanks
    Vera

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    What is the ph of your soil? I think camellias like it on the acid side. Is it short of water - water with rainwater if so. Losing the buds is usually a sign of stress - mine have not come through this hard winter - so the big fat buds are brown now.
    Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?

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    • #3
      Hi, thanks. We bought acid soil for it for repotting. I thought maybe it had too much water?

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        dying camelia ?

        Posted Today at 04:20 PM by eddmcc
        Hi there,
        we bought a pink carmelia just under 1 year ago. It has been in a pot since then (repotted once after buying) but has not been doing well. It is about 50cm high, but it never flowered, although sometimes it looked as if it was developing buds. It now has 1 bud, which is again not opening. A few days ago it started to lose its leaves, so I'm wondering if it is now dying. Can somebody advise me if we can still save it, and if yes, what should we do? Or alternatively, if we buy a new one, what are the most likely mistakes we made with this one? It does not look as if it is infested with any bugs. The tips of some of the leaves might look a bit black/grey, but the leaves falling off look healthy and green.
        Any advice would be appreciated.
        Thanks
        Vera

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        • #5
          Has it been sitting in water and become waterlogged?
          Have a look on the underside of leaves for black soot-like deposits from scale insects
          Flower buds on camellias develop the previous summer-autumn so they need to be watered regularly then for flowers the following spring.

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