I've finally realized that my camellia's ongoing flowering
problems might be due to having it in the wrong kind of
container. This year, the flowers didn't seem to have blight,
but only a few opened; the other buds dried up. I took some
leaves to a local highly regarded nursery, and their diagnosis
was edema. So I think the poor thing has wet feet.

The pot is glazed ceramic, with only one small drain hole.
I just found a reference to someone who carefully drilled
additional holes in a glazed pot to keep his camellia happy.
I have a friend who owns a good collection of masonry bits,
so that's one possibility.

Or should I switch to another type of pot entirely? E.g.
non-glazed ceramic (would that make the soil dry out *too*
fast??), or plastic with a lot of drainage holes?


Patty