How and when to prune your Camellia | The RHS

How and when to prune your Camellia | The RHS

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10 Video Views·May 2, 2026  #gardening

Claudia Connal, RHS Horticulturist explains the best time to prune your Camellia and which are the right tools to do it. This will help to manage the size of your Camellia and its growth for the following year.

00:00 Camellia flower on new growth
00:35 Why we prune a Camellia
00:52 Raising the canopy
00:57 Tools for pruning
01:25 Step back and look at the shape
02:14 Hard prune
03:35 Potted Camellias and care

Useful RHS links on Camellias:
https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/camelli...
https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/types/s...
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