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how shall I treat my little camellia?
WonkyWomble
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I bought this plant about a month and a half ago, it has been under cover to avoid harsh conditions but want to find it its home now.
Dove informed me of compost type, so got that, ideally I'd !like to sink a large pot into the ground, but its looking a little pathetic, any ideas anybody? 
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Hi WW. A few little questions: Is there a reason why you want to put it in a pot - is it so that you can bring it under cover in harsh winter weather? They don't like to be dry so is it needing some watering?
They grow like weeds up here - no chance of a shortage of dampness for them..
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Hi FG
I was thinking of the pot due to it liking the Eric compost,....you can see I'm a newbie! Watering won't be a problem, constantly overflowing water butt here 
The only thing that grows like weeds here is ground elder and bind weed!
....opps...was meant to be frown, like I say, I'm a newbie!
They'll grow perfectly well in neutral soil - it's a bit of a myth about ericacious, but there's no harm in doing that. If it's a small plant it may just need a bit of time to get established. Once they get going they grow quite steadily.Unless there's anything obvious like pests and diseases I think you're ok. If you can stick a pic on it'll help with other suggestions
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Hmm, I've always assumed Wonky's garden was on good old Suffolk chalky clay, but parts of Ipswich are on the coastal belt of sandy acidic soil - she might get away with it.
Wonky, I've not noticed, does anyone else in your street grow camellias, rhododendrons etc?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks FG
gonna need time to establish for sure! It really is a sorry example!
Dove there are one or two in our street, our soil is quite light in texture so I think there may be some sand in the soil perhaps?
Perhaps you could add some oomph to the soil by way of some FYM and extra compost just to beef it up and help it retain some moisture in dry spells. Can't do any harm
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I can see I'd better bring a couple of bags of FYM in the boot next time I visit - unless your father's visiting first - I'm sure he can bring you a couple of bags
Fg - we'd better explain, Wonky is my youngest
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks FG think oomph couldn't do any harm!
Aaahh- now I see Dove
Us mums are useful sometimes Wonky
...oh - and oomph is rarely a bad thing....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
And you the grand-daughter of a farmer? Of course it is!!!
Don't you understand modern text speak?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.