Our soil tends to be alkaline and we have four camelias in one bed which
have only been there five years and have been OK up to this year. I will
not describe what awful stuff was buried beneath where they are planted, but
suffice to say the previous owners had three bloody big dogs which never
went walkies!!

One camelia did not flower this year although the other three put on a brave
show but now something nasty seems to be attacking all them.

Many of the leaves of one plant are covered with what looks like soot and on
some of its leaves the soot has brown circular patches about 4-6 mm in
diametre.

Can anybody diagnose the problem and perhaps give an effective remedy
please.

Yours in hope

Geoff

P.S.

By the way, my 8 X 4 ft raised strawberry bed has yielded over 9 lbs of
fruit this week and my runners growing through upturned flower pots as
earlier described and decried on this NG, have set quite a few beans after
a Cornishman's secret was employed..

Geoff