I love mine (photos below). I bought it a good few years ago at my
local Sunday plant market, probably for a fiver, and plonked near a small lilac tree, it’s still
floriferous even though it gets shaded by the lilac. I don’t do much to it at all, just dead-head
it.
@WhereAreMySecateurs Wellbeing did really well for me in its first year (last year it was among the ones that suffered).. Flowers in sprays.. scent to me was similar to Lady Emma Hamilton..Perhaps LEH scent was consistently strong when compared to Wellbeing..
Ah, thank you so much, too, @cooldoc. All these pictures are incredible. Actually your pictures of Well Being are even nicer than the ones that induced me to order it.
@Rojas, Oh yes, now i remember seeing those photos. Beautiful! When I saw those originally, I had thought wow!, so beautiful and smell like Lady Emma. Perfect.
I have 2 young camellias planted on the ground. There were lots of flower buds and I was so exited to see the blooms but they all turned brown due to the freeze we had recently. Do i need to protect these buds with fleece? Is it OK to plant in the ground or should I move them to the pot? How is your camellias flower buds looking? Many thanks in advance.
@Rojas If your soil is neutral to acid then yes you can plant in the ground, but it becomes hard work the less acidic it is.. I kept some going here for a few years before drought got to them and the effort was too much.. but I had some lovely Camellias for a time..
I used to fleece some in pots but I found it did more damage than good, the buds are easily dislodged.. .. I don't think anybody is going to fleece a huge Camellia, so I think they're best left to their own devices.. I found the white ones the worst for turning horrible... Jury's Yellow was a beautiful one I had which was simply stunning until the frosts got on the flowers.. Lady Vansittart was a white which always managed to look good, perhaps because the bloom had less petals than some.. .. a few of what I had.. I miss them I have to be honest..
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If your soil is neutral to acid then yes you can plant in the ground, but it becomes hard work the less acidic it is.. I kept some going here for a few years before drought got to them and the effort was too much.. but I had some lovely Camellias for a time..
I used to fleece some in pots but I found it did more damage than good, the buds are easily dislodged..
.. I don't think anybody is going to fleece a huge Camellia, so I think they're best left to their own devices.. I found the white ones the worst for turning horrible... Jury's Yellow was a beautiful one I had which was simply stunning until the frosts got on the flowers.. Lady Vansittart was a white which always managed to look good, perhaps because the bloom had less petals than some..
.. a few of what I had.. I miss them I have to be honest..