idec44 wrote:
I have a large and currently happy red Camellia - i.e. it has
bloomed profusely this year.
We have building works starting next week and I think I ought to
prune the Camellia, so that it doesn't get battered by the builder.
They are building a wall 4 feet away from it.
How severely should I prune it, (or not) as I really don't want to
lose it.

Tell your workmen to get no closer than 2 feet. If they lay a hand on
it don't pay them.

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Travis in Shoreline (just North of Seattle) Washington
USDA Zone 8
Sunset Zone 5