Comments on: Satsuki Azalea Bonsai Update http://colubridlady.com/2008/07/satsuki-azalea-bonsai-update/ Of a Mother and Genealogy Enthusiast Sat, 14 Aug 2010 18:12:00 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: MonaLisa65 http://colubridlady.com/2008/07/satsuki-azalea-bonsai-update/comment-page-1/#comment-8222 MonaLisa65 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 01:19:26 +0000 http://colubridlady.com/?p=52#comment-8222 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? 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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