PESTS AND DISEASES
There are very few problems experienced in growing camellias. Tea Scale can be annoying and will make the leaves of camellias lose their lovely green colour. Scale can appear on both sides of the leaves as small black or brown spots. The hard scale protects a small sucking insect that robs the leaf of moisture and disfigures the leaves.
Russett mites also attack leaves and will cause the leaves to have a brown mark all the way along the centre. This problem is associated with camellias growing too densely or plants growing too closely together in the ground. There are mites that can prevent camellias from opening their blooms.
Die-Back can occur in camellias as it does in other trees, this makes a branch lose all of it leaves and bark. Affected branches should be cut off.
Other pests can be leaf-chewing insects that are not confined to camellias. Snails, aphis and thrips attack many types of plants, not only camellias.
There are very few problems experienced in growing camellias. Tea Scale can be annoying and will make the leaves of camellias lose their lovely green colour. Scale can appear on both sides of the leaves as small black or brown spots. The hard scale protects a small sucking insect that robs the leaf of moisture and disfigures the leaves.
Russett mites also attack leaves and will cause the leaves to have a brown mark all the way along the centre. This problem is associated with camellias growing too densely or plants growing too closely together in the ground. There are mites that can prevent camellias from opening their blooms.
Die-Back can occur in camellias as it does in other trees, this makes a branch lose all of it leaves and bark. Affected branches should be cut off.
Other pests can be leaf-chewing insects that are not confined to camellias. Snails, aphis and thrips attack many types of plants, not only camellias.