PLANTING AND CARE OF CAMELLIAS 
HERE ARE A FEW SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS TO FOLLOW 
WHEN PLANTING YOUR CAMELLIAS. 
1. Do not plant Camellias too close to the house on the 
sunny side of the house; or next to anything that throws 
off a reflection as it may burn the foliage. Allow at least 
three feet distance from object. 
2. Camellias will grow in any soil; but you can help 
them to grow faster and to set more buds by building up 
the soil with peat moss, rotted vegetation or leaf-mold from 
the woods. 
3. Do not over-fertilize. If you use well-rotted barn- 
yard fertilizer use only on top of ground. Do not ever use 
any lime as they are an acid loving plant and lime sweet- 
ens the soil. Since the war we have been using Vigoro and 
we have had great success with it. If you use this be very 
careful not to use too much as it is better to fertilize twice 
a year than to burn the roots by over-fertilizing all at once. 
Be sure to water fertilizer in well. | 
4. The watering of a Camellia is very important. The 
fiber roots grow close to the top of the ground and therefore 
will dry out if not watered during the dry months of the 
year. The peat-moss you put on top of ground around your 
Camellias will help a lot. Remember the care you give 
your Camellias will tell the following spring. If your bush 
has a yellowish colored foliage, then it either needs fertilizer 
or you have let it get too dry during the summer months. 
In this case the blooms may not develop to their normal 
size. Do not cultivate around a Camellia as you may dis- 
turb the fiber roots. 
5. Planting instructions. ... Leave burlap on plant as 
it holds the roots all together and Keeps the wind from 
whipping it back and forth in the ground. This applies to 
any shrub. Plant the Camellia so that top of the ball is 
about one inch under the ground. This is important because 
a Camellia does not like to be planted too deep. Always 
before covering with dirt. pour a couple of buckets of water 
all around the ball of the plant in the hole and let dissolve 
before covering with top dirt. This helps to set your plant 
firmly in the ground. When you get your Camellia planted 
add either peat-moss or any other rotted vegetation to hold 
the moisture and this also allows the fiber roots to grow 
close to the top of the earth without drying. 
THESE INSTRUCTIONS ALSO APPLY TO RHODODEN- 
eee AZALEAS. THEY ALL LIKE THE SAME KIND 
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