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How to Grow and Care for Camellias

Love love love Camellias!!!!!!!!

Your flowers color is very awesome and look like very beautiful. You can use it in decoration places.

Wow!!
These are such a beautiful looking flowers.
I just loved them all. And that white one is the best. Lovely!!!

beautiful.

In which area does Camellias grow?? I mean in What type of climate and in which type of soil?
I really loved it.

Camelias are hardy to zones 7 - 10.
They Require Partial shade, but can have Morning sun.
Full shade or Full sun is not good for them.
Pink & white vaireties need more shade time than darker varieties.
They need a well drained slightly acid soil, that is kept evenly moist, esp. when they are in bud or bloom.

If you are going to add Camelia's to your gardens, do so in the Fall or winter months.
Prepare the soil by mixing in generous amounts of peat moss, compost or processed manure with the existing soil.
Dig the planting hole twice the diameter root ball and about 1½ the depth.

Do not plant the root ball too deep in the ground as it could affect the plants blooming. If you put the top of the root ball about 1 inch above the soil that will help the ball not be too low when the soil settles. When done, water in heavily to settle the soil. Lastly cover the ground with 2-3 inches of mulch to protect the moisture levels of the gorund around your plant

You should fertilize them in late winter OR very early spring when the new growth is first appearing. You should use a slow-release, Rhododendron type fertilizer applied sparingly around the drip line of the plant.
Always water fertilized plants thoroughly after the applying fertilizer.
Placing fertilizer directly beneath Camellias can result in burning the shallow, tender new roots.
Just always carefully read your directions.

Camellias need little pruning. They can however be pruned back right after blooms fade or in mid-summer to remove weak, spindly or dead branches. You can thin out the inner branches and shorten lower limbs to promote upright growth..

All that important information said I have 3 camellia's that are gigantic shrubs and they are all 3 in full sun. One is white and dainty, the other is red and looks like a rose, the other is red and looks like a carnation. I'm in zone 7b.

Sheri
You have it all............

Happiness is a colorful flower bed.
Did you freeze tomatoes?
Are you only able to do the same growing seasons as us in zone 5.. NO extra?

Would be cool to sew an sew

Here's the rose one



carnation looking one




and the white one which is the first one to bloom in the fall

no dodge, I didn't freeze any tomatoes.

forgot the picture of my pink camellia

Beautiful, Sheri--thanks for sharing...

Perfectly lovely!

Oh that is so beautiful. I loved it pink Camellias.

Yes, they are beautiful.

Barb, I freeze tomatoes. I dice them up & then measure out 1 can's worth & freeze them that way.

the thing I love about camellias is that around here they are disease free and grow no matter what.

You are a very fortunate person, Sheri..(says the person living in the middle of Illinois)

I second the motion (From a person in cold Pennsylvania)

Everything is just so perfect and I really like the way it"s easy on my eyes. Thanks for a lovely flowers!

There are now buds on the camellias. That's how I know it's fall. The dainty, white camellia blooms.

again, you are a very fortunate person, Sheri. I hope you will share photos of the Camellias when they bloom.