Question

Bought some camellia s fro. Aldi good bargains and in bud. Shall I plant out now or wait till it's a bit warmer ?  

Answer 1

Now, this is the time they flower

Answer 2

oh right yes they are in bud will do them later thank you

Answer 3

I bought a Camelia as well, great bargain  

Answer 4

They be ok if forecast frost put some flease or old net curtain on them

Answer 5

You will need to add eracious soil to the hole before planting, also cover base of plant with eracious soil, yes you can plant it now, use a protective fleece if you have frost

Answer 6

Thank you all for the advice and @lahomalahore I will definitely get the soil x

Answer 7

Keep them out of any area that gets high winds, they hate the it. I learnt the hard way  

Answer 8

Ours has been planted out over 2; years frost not bothered it, growing taller do not plant where you get too much sunshine

Answer 9

Mines huge, never had a problem with frost and tonnes of buds on it this year

Answer 10

Mine is quite big l chop it down every year its loaded with flowers

Answer 11

How much did you pay if you don't mind me asking? I was looking at them in Tesco today, they were reduced to £3 because they were looking a bit worse for wear and obviously hasn't been watered ‍♂️ I was at work and couldn't pick one up unfortunately!  

Comments

@albite I bought one at the weekend, it was £4. 99 at Aldi.  

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@albite Wilkinson are doing them for 3 pounds, i bought 2 last week, going back tomorrow for another 2, they are very fresh

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@albite 4. 99 from Aldi and lots of buds on nice and green . Bought two then saw some in a garden centre same size more or less 20 pounds each! So went back and bought two more got one pink one and two white ones and one red one all in bud and good health

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Thanks all. I'll check out Aldi and Wilko over the weekend  

Answer 12

Now would be great