Diese Kamelien hatte letztes Jahr eine Menge Blumen, hat aber in den letzten Wochen eine Menge Blätter fallen und hat nur ein paar Knospen an. Benötigt es hart zurückzugehen? Ist es für dieses Jahr zu spät? Jeder Rat willkommen!
Von: the_only1who_cant
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Unless you can see some phat buds looking fit to burst at this point, you may be too late for flowers this year. My rudimentary understanding of Camellias are that they need acidic conditions to thrive (in other words, to be surrounded by and mulched yearly with ericaceous compost), plus the odd dose of coffee grounds and a feed every 2 weeks with the appropriate rhododendron/azalia/camellia liquid feed (shout out Miracle Gro) never hurts too. You can get it in the right frame of mind to come back with a vengeance next year by feeding it well this summer I reckon!
Camellia likes slightly acid soil and shade. Are either of these a factor?
I planted 2 a couple of years ago, one of them dried and withered away whilst the other thrived. The one that died had too much sun I think. Not sure if it is rescuable or not though sorry
It’s looking a bit yellow so I would hazard a guess that your soil is too alkaline. Camellias like acidic ground – maybe you could give it some iron sulphate to green it up a bit but I doubt it will flower well this year sadly
To go from lots of flower last year to this suggests something more serious than being ready for a top up of ericaceous plant food. To be honest, I think it’s dying.
The second pic shows what looks like a jagged stump of a branch and some rot. Have a closer look and feel if it’s spongy. See if the bark is intact all the way round the lower trunk and branches, or splitting with rot inside.
No advice, but just want to say I am so jealous of your garden walls! If that was mine they’d be covered in wire and trained fruit trees by now!
Yes, I think you’ve got moss growing on the base. As others have said they need plenty of water through the summer. I would investigate the moss, water well and give it some sequestered iron – that is what I give mine which is about 30 years old now – prune away dead twiggy bits and branches, then see what happens.