Camelia's.

I'd go for sooner the better.

You do need to be aware that if you are watering them and live in a hard They really do need an acidic soil of uyou are on any chalck or limestomne are it will be very difficult to keep thme going ob spild npingdwill affect ther

Oops I hit post when I was trying to edit it. I don't know how that happened.

What I was going to say was that they really do not like a chalky or limestone soil. If you live in such an area it is likely your tap water could be very limey as well, so not only would you need to grow it in a container with ericaceous compost you would really need to water it with rainwater.

I am lucky to garden on a quite acid sandy soil but lime loving plants don't do too well.

thanks Nellie - I have learned more about camellias from this discussion than I could have hoped