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Camellia japonica
Growing calendar
Typical timing for central Japan (Kanto region). Shift it for your own climate, and record your actual dates.
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GrowingFlowering
Guides
- Planting a Camellia: Acid Soil and Why an East Wall Fails
- When to Prune a Camellia Without Losing Next Year's Flowers
- Camellia Care: Summer Watering, Feeding and Bud Drop
- Camellia Growing Calendar: What to Do in Each Season
- Camellia Problems: Petal Blight, Yellow Leaves and Scale
- How to Propagate Camellias from Cuttings and Layering
Pests and diseases (2)
Problems recorded for this plant, most serious first.
Tea Tussock Moth
MajorPest
Orange-brown larvae line up in colonies on leaf undersides and eat the leaves away. Simply standing under the plant can make the skin itch from the shed hairs.
Scale Insects
CommonPest
Small white or brown shell-like insects dot the shoots and leaves. The plant loses vigor and honeydew-fed sooty mold blackens the shoots and foliage.
