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digger714-That is an option, And thank you for the information. Treebeard-I agree on the trunk design. Can anyone give me some information on re growing branch structure? How well azalea's bud on old wood etc? If it's anything i should be worried about?

Around where i live there isn't a great selection of trees used in bonsai. Can anyone recommend a good online retailer that sells good trident maple stock?

Well said rockm, there are many other small eastern red cedars that i plan on digging up just for fun, since they grow like weeds around here. Not for fun, i plan on giving them a lot of attention and keeping it alive, but this will provide some experience i believe. Granted, not contributing...

Yes Ryan, i did post on that site as well, but theres no harm in gaining more information. Treebeard, yes, thats almost exactly what i was thinking for the future. So you would recommend leaving that curved piece to develop into the new apex? And then completely re-do branch structure?

Thanks for the response, I live in North Carolina It is growing in my yard, but it is not at risk if i dont collect in the spring, so no i dont have to. But i would like to :p I'm not sure as to the final size of the tree, i definitely want to utilize all of the trunks already wide base to its...

Hello all, this is my first post to this site. This is an Azalea of some sort that i plan on collecting in the spring, a question to anyone interested would be, when the time comes to prune this back very hard, where would you start? Second, should i chop it back before collecting, or after...