Aspirin, Cow Manure, and Coffee Grounds: Camellia Folk Remedies Tested

Aspirin, Cow Manure, and Coffee Grounds: Camellia Folk Remedies Tested

Last spring, a friend called in a panic. Her prized Camellia japonica ‘Elegans’ was yellowing, dropping buds, and looking genuinely unwell. Before I could ask a single diagnostic question, she’d already dissolved an aspirin tablet in water and was reaching for a bucket of fresh cow manure from a neighboring farm. “The internet says both … Read more