Mid-Atlantic Gardening: summer time bug and disease control, 2 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Karen--
Several years ago-my Camellia started getting blotchy/yellowish leaves
which, sort of, developed during the winter, and ONLY on the previous
years growth (now woody), not on last season's growth.

In spring--after the blooming--these affected leaves would slowly fall off.
When this was happening for the 3rd spring again, I sought help from Mike Quinn in GA.
He had always been my go-to Guy when it comes to Camellias.
He thought it was some kind of a Fungus. The blooms also seemed to be affected.

He told me to cut the whole shrub back--down to about 12". EGADS!!! MY Camellia????

I would cut back as much as I dared--send him a picture--and he'd say "MORE!"..
So, with great trepidation I cut more and he was finally satisfied with my hack-job.
I was worried it would not grow back--but it did, and in a couple years, it was almost 5' tall again.

I have not seen much of the leaf-yellowing since--but this past year--there have been some. Not much.
I am picking all the affected leaves off as I see them.

This spring it bloomed beautifully and the new growth has been lush green.
Some of the yellowing leaves still crop up here and there--but overall--it is OK.

Here will be some pictures of the sick leaves--(2009) the hack job--and the re-growing bush.
And also how it looks today--all green.
Some of the bare-stemmed look is mostly because all the leaves, from the previous year-
had fallen off, as I said above.