Moving a camellia?

[RobinOfTheHood]

Is it possible? When would be best? How?

It's not too big, maybe 2'6" but it's now completely overcrowded and need to go somewhere that it stands a chance.

[RobinOfTheHood]

[goodlife]

I assume you are talking about camellia that is growing in ground.
You can dig it up now providing you have new spot for it sorted and ready. Try to dig it out with as much roots attached as possible and keep some soil around them.
Flood the planting hole with water so the soil is moist deep down and back fill with the soil that you've mixed some 'good stuff' (garden compost, peat or similar) and some blood, fish and bone meal as feed. This summer you do have a job to keep the plant watered but it should not be too bad job as your camellia is not huge.
Alternatively...wait till later on the year when the ground is naturally moist (wet )..transplant your shrub but instead of BFB meal..use just bone meal as nitrogen in blood is not needed for green growth. You can give it BFB in spring to get the new growth in good start.
Oh..and some mulch over damp soil would be perfect TLC  ..garden compost...leaf mulch...grass clippings..any of those would do good

[busy_lizzie]

Don't Camelias prefer ericaceous compost?

[goodlife]

Don't Camelias prefer ericaceous compost?

Yes..that's if they are going to be in containers...but ericaceous compost is not necessarily needed if the soil itself (when planting into ground) is on the acid side...just making the soil more richer with organic matter is then needed.
In containers ericaceous compost on its own is on light side...with shrubs that grow big and heavy and have robust root system I would try to make the planting mixture more heavier too. Bagged top soil is often sold as 'neutral' and can be mixed with ericaceous compost to make more 'John Innes kind' mix..which will imitate the ground conditions better and be more suitable for shrubs that may be in containers for longer term.