I have a Camellia bush that appears healthy in every way with beautiful green leaves and well formed buds. However, the leaves are all falling off for no apparent reason. Can you throw any light on this please?
This time of year, the likely culprit is lack of humidity. Try placing a humidifier in the room with it or place it on a pebble tray to raise the humidity around it. Here is more information: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/houseplants/hpgen/raise-humidity-for-houseplants.htm
We have a camellia, which is suddenly dropping its leaves. They are still green and the flower buds are fine. It is in a pot. Is there anything we can do?
This is caused by either a cold draft on the plant or a lack of humidity. Check for a cold draft, possibly from a door or window. Also, try to get the humidity up around it. Either a humidifier in the room or place it on a pebble tray to increase humidity.
Camellia leaf brown spots: Are they preventable, or is it just sun damage?
If the plant is out in the sun and there are no other issues with it, then it's highly plausable that it could be the result of winter burn. The damaged leaves can be trimmed away and the plant should recover fine. If there has been a lot of moisture lately, it could also be attributed to a fungus. Treating with fungicide should alleviate this.
My mom has a 25 year old camellia. It has spent most of that time in a cold conservatory, then 4 years ago, I spent time on it, put it in ericaeous soil, (Dad had in a tiny pot with garden soil) and made it into a ornamental tree. It has produced flowers every year since, and looks in good health. But it took the force of minus 13 C degree frosts in December. It has lost all the buds and all of its leaves. I can see signs of life, but only the odd bud. I have now covered in a plastic bag to protect it from anymore frosts in the coming week and help it keep warm, with the idea of it surviving. Can you tell me what I should do and if the plant has survived the harsh winter? I should hate to lose it.
It can recover if it is still alive. This article will help you with protecting it from the cold: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/environmental/protect-plants-in-freeze.htm, https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/environmental/frost-how-to-protect-your-plants.htm
My Camellia plant's leaves are covered in a black substance. It can be washed off, so it isn't in the leaves but on the top. I have tried spraying for fungus but it doesn't seem to have made any difference. The bush is about 8 ft high and 4 ft wide, has been beautiful up to now. Help.
This is sooty mold. This article will help you: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/disease/how-to-get-rid-of-sooty-mold.htm
I currently have 3 camellia plants and not sure they are planted in correct location. One gets some sun, the other 2 mostly in the shade. Do they require a certain amount of sunlight per day? Also, the leaves are not a dark green on two of them, and we feed them all with Holly Tone. Should we feed with something else? We are thinking of moving them to a different area. Is spring a good time to do this? I live on the VA, NC border and they are about done blooming for now.
They need a few hours of late morning to early afternoon light to bloom well. The leaves may be an off color if they are competing for water and nutrients with surrounding trees, so it may be best to move them. Spring is the best time to move them, but take steps to prevent transplant shock. This article will help with that: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/environmental/learn-how-to-avoid-and-repair-transplant-shock-in-plants.htm Holly Tone is fine for these plants, as they like their soil a bit acidic.
No sign of disease but lovely, healthy flowers drop off after few days.
It sounds like you may have thrips. This article will help:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/pests/insects/controlling-thrips.htm