Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Camellia Growing, Propagating and Enjoying, 0 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
JB--
Thanks--I will Google it....

I looked over the affected leaves very carefully. There was no scale. Thrips i would not see with my naked eye....
This problem did not affect the blooming or new growth. Just the shrub got lanky looking with all the bare stems.

This was taken in May 2010. The shrub is a heavy bloomer--but you can see here how the stems were getting droopy.
Maybe they just grew too long to support the heavy blooms?
Either way--all this added up to me not liking ht looks of it. I cut it down July, 2010.

I would have to say that in just over a year--the re-growth has been spectacular.