Info requested.

[Bonsaidoorguy]

Got this azalea last year from an older gentleman that had to give up bonsai because of failing eye sight ? it just started blooming and I'm curious if anyone might know what variety it is?

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

There are thousands of azalea and Rhododendron hybrids, there is no way to be certain of the cultivar without the name tag. Loosing the name is like loosing the pedigree papers for a dog, it looks like a purebred, but can only be sold as a mutt.

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

That said, it looks nice, like a true azalea, not like a rhododendron. Not like a deciduous azalea. All the culture suggestions for Satsuki azalea should work well with this one.

 

[cbroad]

That's a really full flower for an azalea, almost rose like. Looks really beautiful!

I wonder if it was a florist's type azalea? That said, these types can be less cold hardy depending on where you live.

 

[Bonsaidoorguy]

That's a really full flower for an azalea, almost rose like. Looks really beautiful!

I wonder if it was a florist's type azalea? That said, these types can be less cold hardy depending on where you live.

Well it was left out last winter and ended up sitting under a foot of snow for about a week here in Seattle, but it never got down past low twenties if I remember.

 

[cbroad]

sitting under a foot of snow for about a week

Sounds hardy to me!

 

[rodeolthr]

There is a variety routinely found in gardens and garden centers here named 'Rosebud'. Yours certainly looks like that.

 

[shinmai]

Amen to that..I have three of them, and when the blossoms open they’re about the size of a 50 cent piece, and look exactly like one of my David Austin antique English roses, in miniature. You got lucky.