Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: My CamelliaPLEASE help!, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Core---Thanks for your comments....

I have fed my Camellia 2x a year with Espoma Hollytone, and last Fall, I dumped a pile of coffee grinds on it and mulched it with pine straw.

This leaf problem started 3 years ago....Never before!

The hose foundation is a good 4' away from this plant. There is a buffer of stones edged by a RR tie to hold them in. THEN the bed starts.
It IS closer to the concrete of my fromt steps--but my house is 41 years old. I don't think there is all that much left that would leach out...

What concerns me more than anything is the moldy appearance of the blooms....They are dropping of by the dozens in bud. The blooms are nowhere near the size or "freshness" that they used to be..
I know we had a VERY cold, snowy Winter this year. Perhaps the temps. were too much--as far as the blooms are concerned--as they develop already in late Summer....

Here is what they look like.....These are a few of the fallen off ones......See the "fungus" looking ones? Most of them have this to some degree......

Thanks for any words of wisdom . Gita