My camellia plant in a pot is looking healthy with glossy foliage but no sign of flowers. It’s Debbie obviously and I don’t think I have ever had a flower since I was given it 3 years ago. Any ideas why?
If it's been in the same container for three years it'll need feeding. The RHS says early spring https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/camellia/growing-guide which is somewhat counter-intuitive to me - you'd think the time for feeding would be summer/autumn when they're forming the next year's flower buds. When I kept one in a container I always used to forget. It's much happier now I've put it in the ground but seems to be concentrating on growth rather than flowers. It'll get a couple more years then if it doesn't buck its ideas up I'll replace it with something else. My conditions aren't ideal for them anyway (it's Donation which is about the easiest/most tolerant one).
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
'Leonard Messel' has been in our North facing front garden for 16 years. Open to the elements, no shade, poor soil. Prolific bloomer. Flowers from mid February onwards.
If Camellias don't get enough water when the buds are developing in the summer, they will drop off later. My Debbie is dropping buds right now, but I think some wiil develop fully.
Debbie though is not my favourite Camellia, too sugary, bluey-pink. It clashes with my more clear and deep pink ones.
Maybe I should try to sell some of my "exercises"? Or take commissions.? The slight fuzziness is a prnter/copier issue. I do watercolour on paper and acrylic on wood.
location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand. "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
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Debbie though is not my favourite Camellia, too sugary, bluey-pink. It clashes with my more clear and deep pink ones.
Maybe I should try to sell some of my "exercises"? Or take commissions.? The slight fuzziness is a prnter/copier issue.
I do watercolour on paper and acrylic on wood.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."