For my partners birthday, I bought her a Camellia Japonica. Yesterday I repotted it into a terracotta pot, which will be it's new home for at least the rest of this gardening season. Camellia Japonica is also known as a Japanese Camellia or 'Rose of Winter'. It is a Tea plant belonging to the family Theaceae. It is a winter hardy plant and can withstand temperatures of -15 degrees Celsius. It flowers between January and March, so it provides some winter and spring interest to the garden.
The plant requires ericaceous compost or soil, as it requires an acidic soil free of lime. As we live in a hard water area (a very hard water area), it should ideally be watered with rain water. This is not a problem for us right now given the wet weather, but as our garden is small, we do not really have space for a water butt to collect larder amounts of rain water and so we may have to temporarily use filtered tap water in the summer if it is very dry.
I have recorded a video showing how I repotted the plant which is below:
The plant prefers some shade, which is great for us, as it will stay on our decking area, which mostly receives some morning sun and then is in shade during the heat of the afternoon in summer.
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Camellia Japonica in a terracotta container
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