This year my husband gave me a Camellia Mary Williams, it was in flower
so I left it in a the pot intending to plant it out into the garden this
autumn. However clumsy old me had a fight with a kinked hose pipe and
the pot containing the camellia got knocked off the wall. Three long
branches got snapped off,can I use them,if I pot them up will they grow
? advice would be appreciated

clumsy Kate

On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 19:34:26 GMT, Kate Morgan
wrote:

I have kept the mother plant watered and will feed it right away, the
broken branches were put into water and it does sound rather unlikely
that they will root but it is well worth a try

Don't root the whole branches, as they will almost certainly fail.
Remove the new shoots by holding them tightly at the base and
carefully prising them downwards and away from the old stem so that
you get a 'heel' of the old wood. Dip the ends in rooting compound
(powder or liquid) if you believe in it. Pot them up into a mixture of
equal parts peat and sand or peat and perlite, give them a swish with
a watering can and enclose in a polythene bag. You may need a hoop of
wire to keep the bag in shape. Place on good light but out of direct
sunlight. Gentle bottom heat helps. They may be rooted by next spring
if you're lucky.


--
Chris

E-mail: christopher[dot]hogg[at]virgin[dot]net

Don't root the whole branches, as they will almost certainly fail.
Remove the new shoots by holding them tightly at the base and
carefully prising them downwards and away from the old stem so that
you get a 'heel' of the old wood. Dip the ends in rooting compound
(powder or liquid) if you believe in it. Pot them up into a mixture of
equal parts peat and sand or peat and perlite, give them a swish with
a watering can and enclose in a polythene bag. You may need a hoop of
wire to keep the bag in shape. Place on good light but out of direct
sunlight. Gentle bottom heat helps. They may be rooted by next spring
if you're lucky.

Thanks once again, have followed instructions and will be hoping for the
best next Spring,it`s worth a try :-)

kate