Flowers, 2016

bumblebee · May 12, 2016

There are azaleas down here...a little less than up in town. I have a big orangey flowered one in my yard. I really want to figure this one out.....just don't want to keep on stupidly killing them
if I can prevent it. I know I've learned something when I can grow azaleas successfully in pots. I can't grow Japanese maples down here at all. It takes 2-3 years, but they all die because of the salt air.

Libby

sorce · May 13, 2016

Next year.....for Mothers day.....

I'm just gonna send a link to this thread!

Sorce

M. Frary · May 13, 2016

sorce said:
Next year.....for Mothers day.....

I'm just gonna send a link to this thread!

Sorce

Oh yeah. That ought to work out great!

Eric Group · May 13, 2016

Mellow Mullet said:
Update:

Here are some more flowers:

Wakaebisu
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Gumpo "Fancy Pink"

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Gumpo "Pink"

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And a Gardenia, because I like how they smell

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Are these Wakaebisu blooms?

The first is a small cutting from a tree I had that dies years ago, the secondnisnoff a much larger one I bought at a local farm... They look identical except the larger is a little lighter color... Looked like the Wakaebisu close up John posted so thought Inwould ask the group for their opinion! Thx!

Mellow Mullet · May 13, 2016

Yeah, that is it - Wakaebisu.

Mellow Mullet · May 21, 2016

Update:

Another variation of the kobai flower, I really like this one, it has white polka dots.

Eric Group · May 21, 2016

Mellow Mullet said:
Update:

Another variation of the kobai flower, I really like this one, it has white polka dots.

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Almost looks airbrushed! Really cool!

GrimLore · May 22, 2016

Mellow Mullet said:
I really like this one, it has white polka dots.

I just showed my Wife and she asked me if that is normal

Then said "If I saw that on mine I would say OMG what's wrong?"

That bloom rocks!

Grimmy

Mellow Mullet · May 27, 2016

Spring is waning and so are the flowers, except for the hydrangeas. A few azalea blooms are left though, here they are:

First a couple more variations of the kobai flower

Next a "coral bells", I think

Finally, chujoho. They flowers have faded to their green color and will stay on the tree until mid summer, if I don't cut them off.

Mellow Mullet · May 27, 2016

I really should edit before hitting the post button, several typos; duhooooooo!

jcrossett · May 27, 2016

I think this tread and these pictures will really get my daughter into bonsai even more. She has an azalea, a quince, and a few tridents.

Leo in N E Illinois · Jun 2, 2016

Four or five years ago, I picked up two Wakaebisu whips from Telperion Farms, which was described as a "hose in hose", multicolored Satsuki. The first one, for 2 or 3 years only had single, typical shell pink, to ,my eye a pink with a touch of orange, the color you most often see on Wakaebisu. It wasn't until 2014 that it finally started making the multi-colored flowers. In 2015 I got some hose in hose flowers, but most have been singles. I haven't taken pictures as I have been pruning it hard to try and impose a style on it. So I have no recent pictures. These 2 photos are of the first one from 2014. I like Wakaebisu, it is a nice strong growing cultivar that seems to forgive mistakes reasonably well.

The second one has only bloomed white, so far. It has not opened up yet for 2016, we have had a cool spring so far. If it continues to bloom white, I will have to assume I got a mis-labelled plant, or the all white sport of Wakaebisu, which has a different name. But the variation in flowers from year to year is really cool, and is also why I don't rush to re-label the name of this second one. The growth habit and leaves are identical to the normal colored form, so it might very well be the same variety.

John, love all your photos, keep them coming.

Eric Group · Jun 2, 2016

Leo in N E Illinois said:
Four or five years ago, I picked up two Wakaebisu whips from Telperion Farms, which was described as a "hose in hose", multicolored Satsuki. The first one, for 2 or 3 years only had single, typical shell pink, to ,my eye a pink with a touch of orange, the color you most often see on Wakaebisu. It wasn't until 2014 that it finally started making the multi-colored flowers. In 2015 I got some hose in hose flowers, but most have been singles. I haven't taken pictures as I have been pruning it hard to try and impose a style on it. So I have no recent pictures. These 2 photos are of the first one from 2014. I like Wakaebisu, it is a nice strong growing cultivar that seems to forgive mistakes reasonably well.

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The second one has only bloomed white, so far. It has not opened up yet for 2016, we have had a cool spring so far. If it continues to bloom white, I will have to assume I got a mis-labelled plant, or the all white sport of Wakaebisu, which has a different name. But the variation in flowers from year to year is really cool, and is also why I don't rush to re-label the name of this second one. The growth habit and leaves are identical to the normal colored form, so it might very well be the same variety.

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John, love all your photos, keep them coming.

Those to not look like any Wakaebisu I have ever seen. They do not have the double petals and a dramatically different color... They do look like some type of Satsuki, no clue what "hose in hose" is supposed to mean... What makes you think they were Wakaebisu if they were not labeled as such?

Until I realized two I have were Wakaebisu J had only ever seen them in pics so I am far from an expert I guess... Just saying I think those are something else. That first one is really cool though! Love the colors, the fade to white in the middle... Take any cuttings??

Steve Kudela · Jun 3, 2016

Hey Eric and Leo, while Wakaebisu has hose in hose blooms,( blossom within a blossom is the way I look at it), I've never known it to have that kind of variation. Mine never has after 20 some odd years. I understand that there is a white variation. I wonder if it was mislabeled? Not trying to start anything, I'm not an expert, really just curious about it.

Leo in N E Illinois · Jun 3, 2016

Telperion Farms had tied metal tags with the word Wakaebisu on both whips. That's the reason I thought they were Wakaebisu. Telperion is a fairly knowledgeable outfit, been around a while, and seem to know their stuff. So if they labelled them that way, I don't know enough to say they are wrong.

Eric Group · Jun 3, 2016

Leo in N E Illinois said:
Telperion Farms had tied metal tags with the word Wakaebisu on both whips. That's the reason I thought they were Wakaebisu. Telperion is a fairly knowledgeable outfit, been around a while, and seem to know their stuff. So if they labelled them that way, I don't know enough to say they are wrong.

Tell them you want your money back!
JK
Satsuki- yes, Wakaebisu- probably not... But who cares!! These Japanese Satsuki names get all twisted up here in the states all the time. I think we should care less about the specific variety name- find the ones you like and enjoy them! I think your blooms are cool as Hell.

milehigh_7 · Jun 3, 2016

Here is a little cutie from my goji berry (Lycium barbarum). As it turns out we have a SW native that is a close relative pale wolfberry or pale desert-thorn (Lycium pallidum) I just picked one up the other day.

Mellow Mullet · Jun 4, 2016

Leo in N E Illinois said:
Four or five years ago, I picked up two Wakaebisu whips from Telperion Farms, which was described as a "hose in hose", multicolored Satsuki. The first one, for 2 or 3 years only had single, typical shell pink, to ,my eye a pink with a touch of orange, the color you most often see on Wakaebisu. It wasn't until 2014 that it finally started making the multi-colored flowers. In 2015 I got some hose in hose flowers, but most have been singles. I haven't taken pictures as I have been pruning it hard to try and impose a style on it. So I have no recent pictures. These 2 photos are of the first one from 2014. I like Wakaebisu, it is a nice strong growing cultivar that seems to forgive mistakes reasonably well.

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The second one has only bloomed white, so far. It has not opened up yet for 2016, we have had a cool spring so far. If it continues to bloom white, I will have to assume I got a mis-labelled plant, or the all white sport of Wakaebisu, which has a different name. But the variation in flowers from year to year is really cool, and is also why I don't rush to re-label the name of this second one. The growth habit and leaves are identical to the normal colored form, so it might very well be the same variety.

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John, love all your photos, keep them coming.

Leo,

Thanks for the compliments, I will keep 'em coming, but the azalea flower season is fastly waning.

The flowers on yours are beautiful, but I don't think that either is Wakaebisu. I have seen many of them and none have ever had different flowers. The center of the flowers always have a distinct shape where the pistils attach. I have gotten many azaleas that were label as one thing and turned out to be something else.

John

Harunobu · Jun 4, 2016

It's not even hose-in-hose. I think it can be IDed. Ill scroll through my dictionary later.

Mellow Mullet · Jun 4, 2016

milehigh_7 said:
Here is a little cutie from my goji berry (Lycium barbarum). As it turns out we have a SW native that is a close relative pale wolfberry or pale desert-thorn (Lycium pallidum) I just picked one up the other day.

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Cool, I like it.

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