article_snippet.sent: So, if your soil doesn't suit, plant in containers in ericaceous compost.
article_snippet.sent: If your soil is borderline acid, Williamsii camellias, such as Donation, seem to do best.
article_snippet.sent: Each spring, work sulphur powder into the ground round the plants at 200g per square metre to boost acidity.
article_snippet.sent: And feed camellias — as well as other lime-haters — with chelated iron tonic.
article_snippet.sent: Premature bud drop is caused by lack of water in summer, so keep the potting compost moist.
article_snippet.sent: Yellowing foliage signals a magnesium deficiency, but you can cure that with Epsom salts.
article_snippet.sent: Dissolve 20g per litre of water and sprinkle on the leaves and the ground around the plant.
article_snippet.sent: If, in mid-spring, your bush is disfigured by too many dead flowers, grab the main stems and give too many dead flowers an energetic shake.
article_snippet.sent: A storm of dead petals and debris will fly in all directions