Camellia japonica 'Ace of Hearts'

My Carmella looks like it’s dying!!!! It’s my first Carmella do they prefer just morning sun?? My leaves are almost brittle @cyndi told me to give it a good drink a mild fertilizer and prune the dead growth. Any other tips yours is beautiful 🤗🤗🤗😊💕😥😥😥

Have you got it planted in eracasious compost? only that’s what they prefer,also they love tea ☕️,if you save your teabags and rip them open and spread your tea leaves around the roots it’ll love you forever 😊👍.....they don’t need much sun I believe there more shade loving 💕 good luck!

You know your stuff Cyndi 😀👍.....basically Terri you’ve got to treat them like a woodland plant and you won’t go far wrong 😊👍💚 @cyndi @terrimclaughlin

@cyndi yes u gave me the link and I read it but sometimes getting tips from people are also good like about the orchid food and now the tea and coffee grounds I have mine in morning sun but sometimes by 11:00 like today and a few days last week it’s already 90 degrees and that directly next to my front door but I have that solar screen that reduces direct hot sun in the back I’m going to put it there tomorrow and feed and prune it. I was really busy all morning doing some up- poting Thxs cyndi

@hareball thxs for the tip. I believe your weather also is more humid and maybe not quite so hot Common sense should of told me if it’s a fall bloomer here in sthrn Texas then it probably doesn’t like a lot of the darn hot sun. I hope I get it back healthy I hate to lose a plant and I don’t to often. Thxs again.

Lovely Della 🌺 And Terri...my FIL always told me not to plant them in an east facing position as if there’s any moisture the early morning sun will singe the leaves. Give it a good acid feed 👍🏼 @terrimclaughlin

Thxs Rachael and your right I do have a few leaves with round light brown spots I do have some orchid food cyndi said that’s a good food for it. Thxs I gotten a lot of good advice hopefully in a couple weeks or so I’ll put out a picture and it’ll b doing much better Thxs again 😊💕