My camellia plants lost a lot of leaves. How do I encourage the plant to gain foliage and become thick and healthy?

I removed two feet of soil before transplanting and used acidify to increase acidity of soil.

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#1 Comment By GKH_Susan On 04/05/2020 @ 6:32 pm

Transplanting any plant can cause it to drop leaves. Baby it while it recovers and make sure it is getting the proper cultural needs. A light pruning normally would enourage growth, but since you moved it, I would wait.

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