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Has my camellia snuffed it?
My mother bought be a camellia to grow in a pot in my previous garden -
the soil was considerably more limey there, and it needed to be on the steps to be west-facing, which is I think why she suggested a pot. She has grown them in pots for ages and she knows more than me about gardening so I just did what she suggested. And the camellia has sentimental value (apparently when I was born, in February in Devon, my grandfather brought a camellia flower in to the hospital for her. I'm 38 - in the noughties it flowered in November in London and December in Lancashire. Hmm.) In the new house it's also west-facing, although the soil is more acid here, it's still in a pot, and this summer the leaves started turning brown (it did flower in the spring), and now they've all dropped off. I can see a few signs of buds (although maybe it's the eye of faith). I suspect, having looked it up, that the problem was caused by either a) underwatering (less likely) b) overwatering (fairly likely) or c) too much fertiliser (also likely) or possibly d) having nasturtiums in the pot too, though it's had them before without complaining. It had a whole year in the same spot without complaining, also, and our water is again a lot less alkaline than in London, plus it rains more so it gets more rainwater. The problem was, she says embarassedly, that it was one of about 4 non-tomato pots at the front of the house, where there were about 8 pots of tomatoes, and I just watered everything the same - incuding some feed (mainly seaweed but also tomato feed - I did try not to give tomato feed to the other plants though). This seemed to suit the hanging basket and the roses, but not the camellia. So, should I a) give up now and confess to my mother b) wait till after Christmas and see if it flowers/produces any more leaves c) go out and try and find one about the same size and hope she doesn't notice??! thanks! Katie |
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