Mature Camellia losing all of its leaves
Luis Castro
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Comments (1)Can you check the soil moisture around the base of the main trunk, notplantsavvy? It could be that the soil around the root ball has dried out. In cases of soil moisture issues like that, the leaves begin to dry out from the edges and brown out completely. It happened to me two winters ago (shrub was planted in the ground though) due to a sprinkler system that was left turned off too long in the middle of a dry winter. Make sure that the area around the main trunk receives sufficient moisture. On the other hand, too much water can also cause similar symptoms specially if the soil does not drain well, if the pot has insufficient drainage holes or if the pot is allowed to sit in water. In this case, the roots slowly develop a fungal infections called root rot and are unable to provide the plant above the ground with the amount of moisture that the shrub needs. The plant browns out just as if the plant was not receiving enough water because, in a way, it was not. If you examine the roots of these plants, you will notice that the roots are brown. I assume that you have no pest issues with this camellia because you reported no damage to the top/bottom of leaves, no damage (cuts, etc) to the trunk and things like that. Luis...See MoreFiddle Leaf Fig losing all of its leaves...HELP!
Comments (3)My guess is that it is severely root bound and needs to have the roots soaked. Also, it was probably grown in a greenhouse and used to high humidity. You will get a better answer on the houseplant forum, we talk about the edible fig here....See MoreStar jasmine losing all its leaves
Comments (0)Hi, My star jasmine plant is losing all its leaves slowly. Initially I thought, this is fall behavior of the plant. However now I see there are very few leaves left. Is it dying or this is normal behavior? Any help is appreciated. Thanks....See MoreDoes camellia lose leaves in cold climate or is my camellia dying?
Comments (9)In cold Zone 6 in the NE, established/new camellias may sometimes temporarily loose leaves after very cold temperature drops, just like other shrubs do but they will leaf out later when temps warm up. But in Z7B, if there are no injuries, it would be a bit rare unless there were big dips. I have not had foliage issues due to temperatures as cold as 13F in January but, if a new, not-yet-established camellia did not have enough soil moisture before these wild temperature dips, it may have started leaf browning issues. Your big dips probably happened in Nov 22-23 ish; and Jan 21, 30-31-ish. The single digits in January of this year probably caused the problem for this shrub. Lack of sufficient soil moisture in the top 4" in a dry (warm or cold) winter may cause leaf drop. To prevent the loss of leaves and-or buds, I water deeply & mulch on the night before those very cold, wild temperature dips; or that you water on dry, warm winters where the soil has not frozen;.I maintain 2-4" of organic mulch. When I turned off the drip irrigation once during winter.... and forgot to turn it back on... I started to get browning of leaves during dry, warm, late winter months. Then, as blue bayou mention, there are leaf pests.... :o(... double sigh.... although they eat the leaves and not make a leaf suddenly turn brown without injuries unless a branch was eaten/damaged further below. Remember that this is a newly planted shrub so it needs to get water where the pot's potting soil is located. When watering, start near the base and water outwards around it and water only the soil, not the leaves. You can very carefully and lightly scratch some branches to see if you see "green". It should be time for leaf out this month. I suspect your are probably close to being done with frigid temps. Knock on wood!...See MoreLuis Castro
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