July 4th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
Satsuki Azalea Bonsai Update
Just a quick update to show how the Satsuki Azalea has changed since I got it.
The day I got it:
Today, after wiring a branch and removing a bunch of superfluous branches and many of the larger leaves:
It still has quite a way to go, but everyone at the bonsai society meeting last night told me that I shouldn’t work on it anymore than this. They said that since I had already done so much, I should just let it grow wild for the rest of the year and in the spring I can start to work on it again.
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Last spring, I had to (pretty harshly) cut back some 12 ft tall rhododendrons to allow for a porch remodel. Underneath was a little magenta-flowered azalea that MUST have been planted more than a decade ago (though probably even longer, since the rhodie had grown over it by a good 2 feet or more!) It’s maybe 10 inches high, 12 inches wide, shaped much like yours, only not as many twigs. I dug up the azalea and moved it out of the way. Only one bloom on it this spring
This past Xmas, my nephew gave me a boxed bonsai gift set, ‘The Complete Practical Encyclopedia of Bonsai’ with a cute little clipper and trowel. These last two weeks, I’ve been looking through it, and I think my next obsession has been found!
I just dug up the azalea today and put it in a training pot (I’m a little too paranoid to do root-pruning or major trimming just yet.I’ll be happy if I didn’t kill it!)
Do you think I should trim each shoot tip yet, or let it get used to not being in the ground for a season?
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