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ma 14-05-2006 11:15 AM

camellias not flowering
 
Hello,

I moved to this house last year and I found that there is a camellia in
the garden which doesn't have any flower. I asked from a neighbor and found
that after the previous owner moved it from front garden to back garden, it
stops flowering. What is the problem and how I can fix it? It has green
leaves and everything seems ok with it but no flower!



Regards





Scotia 14-05-2006 05:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ma
Hello,

I moved to this house last year and I found that there is a camellia in
the garden which doesn't have any flower. I asked from a neighbor and found
that after the previous owner moved it from front garden to back garden, it
stops flowering. What is the problem and how I can fix it? It has green
leaves and everything seems ok with it but no flower!



Regards

Could be a number of things e.g.

The type of soil

Location; it might be in a frost pocket

It might get the morning sun,

It might be too dry

Have a look in here for further info'

http://www.thegardenersalmanac.co.uk/Data/Camellia.htm

Chris Hogg 14-05-2006 06:40 PM

camellias not flowering
 
On Sun, 14 May 2006 10:15:18 GMT, "ma" wrote:

Hello,

I moved to this house last year and I found that there is a camellia in
the garden which doesn't have any flower. I asked from a neighbor and found
that after the previous owner moved it from front garden to back garden, it
stops flowering. What is the problem and how I can fix it? It has green
leaves and everything seems ok with it but no flower!



Regards



Time will fix it. When a camellia is moved, it may sulk for a year or
two before getting back into a flowering rythm.

Mulch it well with peat or other coarse acid compost such as well
rotted pine needles. Keep it watered during the summer (say once a
week, one large watering-can full, twice in really hot weather). Feed
it several times between now and early July with ericaceous feed as
per instructions on the package. In July, give it a couple of feeds
with a high-potash fertiliser such as tomato feed. This will encourage
the flower buds to set in early autumn, for next year's flowers.



--
Chris

E-mail: christopher[dot]hogg[at]virgin[dot]net


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