My beautiful pink flowered Camellia shrub, has been fed, watered and supported, and had just burst into bloom, when all the flowers turned brown!! Ive also noticed this has happened to other Camellias Ive spotted in other peoples gardens. Is it the night frosts I wonder ? Its very disappointing.!

It's usually late frosts that cause the buds and flowers to go all brown, so I'm not sure that it's anything that you can do something about.

http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/camellia/msg111105116342.html

It's usually late frosts that cause the buds and flowers to go all brown, so I'm not sure that it's anything that you can do something about.

Thanks Medusa, I thought this was the problem. No, theres nothing I can do about it ,as the flowers are now shrivelling up and dropping off.

http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/camellia/msg111105116342.html

Thanks for the link Malky.:)

Ours is in full bloom at the moment you may have just been unlucky do they need an additive for the soil depending on your type of soil you have :huh: , the flowers are more the wives area I just cut the grass and hedge.

Ours is in full bloom at the moment you may have just been unlucky do they need an additive for the soil depending on your type of soil you have :huh: , the flowers are more the wives area I just cut the grass and hedge.

theve had every additive going, I think its what Medusa said, its the frost thats done it.

Did you ever find a solution? I have a Camellia that was planted about four years ago, idled around doing not very much for a couple of years, and then began to produce lots of white flowers in the winter. The flowers trun brown and fall off.

Any thoughts?

Regards

David

Its the severity of the weather we have had in the last couple of years. It happened last year too. I have had a lot of leaf drop on my Camellia too.

Malky. They like quite an acidic soil condition. Try adding Sequestered Iron or Sulphate of Iron. Camellias also suffer from Magnesium deficiency often too where all the leaves go yellow and you can see all the veins in the leaves. Try spraying the plant with Epsom Salts..

Which direction does your Camelia face? Its usally the sun on frozen flowers that causes the damage not the frost itself. If the morning sun shines on frozen buds it causes the brown damage to flowers. Put the Camelia where it doesn't get the morning sun so the buds/flowers have defrosted by the time the sun hits it.

My mother in law had the same problem years ago and when she re positioned the plant so it didn't catch the morning sun until the buds/flowers had defrosted the flowers were fine.

A lack of water when the buds are forming can also cause problems.

Thats a right good idea Chez2, thinking about, your probably right. I re positioned mine last year because i thought the wind was the problem.

This would explain why some peoples are looking fantastic and some dreadful.

Thanks..

Thats a right good idea Chez2, thinking about, your probably right. I re positioned mine last year because i thought the wind was the problem.

This would explain why some peoples are looking fantastic and some dreadful.

Thanks..

No problem, glad I could help.

I don't want to take this post off at a tangent(sorry OP) but I sent you a pm asking about plants but didn't get a reply. I will post another thread. I'm looking for a good place to buy specific annuals but at a good price as I need a lot.

Hi Chez2. Sorry for being a bit ignorant. I did read the message but was really busy at the time and i totally forgot to get back to you. Will PM you later this evening.

Could be too much sunlight, don't have Camelia east facing.
I keep camelias in shady area on the side return which doesn't get direct sunlight until later in the year, then that's evening. even so on v hot days some leaves got scorched.

Could be too much sunlight, don't have Camelia east facing.
I keep camelias in shady area on the side return which doesn't get direct sunlight until later in the year, then that's evening. even so on v hot days some leaves got scorched.

Thats not totally true. Just don't have them east facing if the can get direct morning sun. My garden is a large open garden with nothing else in front of the Camelias for at least 80 foot. I have a winter and summer flowering Camelia in an exposed windy garden in open countryside and mine are fine. They face almost due south but are protected from direct morning sun until the frost has gone.