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  • Camellia carnage

    Hi all,

    I've been away a while, busy with family and whatnot. I am back with a question about one of my (favorite!) plants that suffered in the dry summer last year.

    We planted a camellia (around 1 meter high) in late winter 2018. It seemed fine until summer when we accidentally let it get dry. It dropped most of its leaves and is largely just a skeleton at this point. I've left it alone hoping that it would rebound. It does have some small green growth on the lower branches.

    Is there anything I can do to help it out? Am I hoping against logic that it can actually recover? Any thoughts and advice appreciated.

    Thanks!

  • #2
    It will almost certainly regrow - don't let it dry out in the summer again - it will take a few years to get back to where it was by the sound of it. Bit of manure as a mulch over the roots wouldn't hurt.

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    • #3
      Also check it's in the right soil (acidic or limey)
      All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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      • #4
        Thanks very much! That makes me happy. But my husband is now innocently wondering aloud how long I'm willing to look at a sad, bare skeleton before it regrows. (I dearly wanted a camellia and I hate to get rid of something that's growing, so the answer is pretty much AGES.)

        I haven't tested our soil, but neighbors up and down the road are growing camellias and other acid-lovers, so I'm hopeful.

        Thanks for the help and advice!

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