and find some info on it.

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Just found this:

apply fertilizer in the spring, after blooming but before new growth starts. With many fertilizers, small amounts at frequent intervals are better than heavy applications. Special camellia fertilizers as well as 8-8-8, 10-6-4, cottonseed meal, or cow manure are available at your local garden center. One application in early spring after blooming should be followed by a second application in mid-June to early July. Be sure to water fertilizer into the soil.

I have it in my back yard. they bloom, here, in January/feb. when it is too cold for anything else.

It takes years for camellias to reach that size.

Collect and dispose of the flowers that drop to the ground, to avoid spreading disease. That's about all I had to do with mine where I lived before. I threw some camellia fertilizer on the ground around it once or twice a year.

They love nice semi-shady spots like that.