camellia 'Lady Vansittart'

Grow in moist but well-drained, neutral to acid soil in partial to full shade. Plant in a sheltered site as cold, drying winds and morning sun can damage buds and flowers. Feed in mid-spring and early summer with a sequestered iron fertiliser. Maintain a deep mulch of leaf mould or shredded bark at the base of the plant.

Group 8. Best left unpruned except for removal of unsightly shoots and deadheading, unless some shaping is required, and if so, as it is early flowering, carry out carry out thereafter.

Propagate by semi-hardwood cuttings

Aphids , Vine weevil

Camellia gall, Camellia petal blight