Avoid these 5 Mistakes When Growing and Planting Camellias

When planting and growing Camellias it is easy to make mistakes and there are a number of things that you should avoid doing in order to get the best display from these magnificent plants. In this video English Horticulturist Simon talks through his top 5 mistakes that are commonly made when planting and growing Camellias.

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If there is no background music, this video would be great.

[ladyinred]

Was watching this video like Robert DeNiro was planting his Camellias😅 thanks a million for the tips, actually good video 👍

[noeldoyle]

Thanks for your great video, very enjoyable!

[TJ-bncn]

Excellent and very helpful advice, thank you 🪴

[traceyrose]

❤❤ this just brought my first camellia paradise peal,
Thanks bunches for your tips.

[WAITINGFORMYJESUS]

Your black lace is very beautiful. I bought my first camellia last year which is a black lace. My second one this year is pearl maxwell which opened 0 buds and she dropped about 85 buds within 4 weeks of coming from the shop.

[Lightdancer]

Lovely tips!
My favorite Camellias are my tea plants (Camellia sinensis)! I'm in W Oregon zone 8b, and grow the northernmost variety, Sochi from near the Black Sea.
I recently planted 2 from gallon pots, and they're Blooming now - small white flowers a bit larger than those of strawberries!
My friend Nikki has 9, and taught me how to process the leaves for tea. We have at least two small tea plantations within 30-40 miles of our town.
These plants are seedlings of hers - I needed to leave one ~15 years old when i moved across town last fall.
We prune ours into a 'tabletop' a little above waist height, to make harvesting the young tea leaves easy.
Tea will grow in any area other Camellias do well, and all the same culture tips apply! Sourcing the plants can be challenging, they do grow from seed, but that's slow!

[MsCmsh]

Hi, thank you for sharing your tips! I also learned from Jim Putnam that Camellia likes well drain soil, and hates wet feet. It needs to be planted elevated a couple inches off soil off soil level and shade (mulch) the roots. I’ll be planting some this year!

[dorkusmaximus]

I have two of Japonica in a planter, the flowers are gorgeous

[deirdrebrowne]

Very informative and good delivery, thank you. Do lose the music and the videographer’ s occasion commentary. It detracts from serious content which we viewers are interested in. No offence intended.

[Jessica-yyep]

I've just bought a camellia. Glad I've watched this, thank you. Did not know about the soil type. Will it be ok in a large pot? My front garden is South facing and full sun, so won't be planting there. The back garden is all patio, so will have to plant in a pot!

[therattyfire]

Many thanks for your video.
I've just been gifted a beautiful Camillia today by my daughter Lisa and it's a whole new learning curve for me.
I have a nice little bed in my front garden where the centre piece is a large forest flame, I was thinking of putting the camillia in the bed to add a splash of colour, I am assuming that the soil is acidic because of the forest flame growing so well but I will be doing a pH test. Do you think this will be a good spot? Many thanks in Billy

[paulmcgaw]

Great video! Interesting with the soil. I planted a few last spring (November) and mixed in a tonne of cow manure and compost. They are doing well. My mum? Planted 3 20 year ago. Clay soil. They are thriving and growing out of control!

In Australia the summers are so hot even in summer stars so position is do important.

[znk-zwhv]

Please could you get rid of the music?

[harima]

Hi Simon, thanks for your helpful video, Im really curious about the rusty nails Victorian idea, Ive got a couple of camellias that dont seem to be very happy in their soil, if I test it and find its too alkaline, could I dig around the roots and put a few rusty nails in the ground to fix the problem? do you maybe know roughly what the ph should be? thanks!

[jeffreyb]

Turn OFF the music please. Didn't watch.

[maryettamoody]

Usually bloom in Jan if real warm Frb and March and April really blooming in March if you or hod has rained a lot lots of blooms

[barry]

Thanks, I just wished you clarified if any of your information applied to BOTH Japonica and Sasanqua. I only have the later and need to transplant very soon. Buds are well advanced it’s mid autumn here in Oz

[mo_bra]

Thanks for your video. I'm thinking about planting one of the red varieties next to my house, but I'm wondering how much space you'd recommend planting one of these beauties from my exterior wall? i.e. How aggressive would you say the roots are?

[David__.]

Hello I'm growing a couple of Camelia Sinensis bushes in SA. The bigger one has a decent amount of flowers now, the smaller one has none at the moment. I've read that Camelias don't 'self-pollinate'. Does that mean it can't pollinate on the same plant (different flowers), or just that it cannot pollinate the same flower? I'm hoping it can pollinate the same plant! Thank you.
Regards