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Possibly but we will not know since the hybridizing records were gone.

I have not. Just dug it out from the flower bed a few weeks ago. Going to take some of the azaleas when we move. I want to propagate it.

Memorable shower!

This is the Megurial whip I have.

I love this late blooming Huang hybrid azalea Hu 4-2-85. The flowers are small with light pink center and hot lips.

Here is an update on the Aozora in blooms Deep Sea Diver gave me. I love it. 😍

Thanks John, RagingCajun and I will get together end of this month at the Houston convention.

Hakurin is predominantly white with some pink flowers. Chinzan has all pink flowers. Will get together with you Trent.

Just took photo of this Chinzan this morning. I had it back into the deeper terracotta pot after the show as our weather is very hot, 90-100+F in the summer. Not good to keep it in show pot. Just a couple of flowers now. Several other azaleas on the bench are flowering with various colors.

Dawn is a good friend. We visited her last fall when my wife and I did presentations and workshops on azaleas and kusamono, respectively, at The NOLA Bonsai Society. What color is the flower? The leaves are lanceolate, and David had Hakurin and Chinzan, both with that leaf shape if I remember...

Could she be Dawn Koeting? I will be at the Houston convention. If you are coming, we can look each other up.

He probably got it last June at the Lone Star Bonsai Federation ‘Tiny Trees on the Trinity’ convention in Fort Worth. The vendor, David Kreutz, specializes in imported satsuki azalea.

Yes, I do. Will have to take a photo tomorrow. In the 2019 Bonsai on the Bayou convention, I used it in a 7-point shohin display. It is the left most shohin in a blue pot.

Your azalea looks very healthy, and hard pruning in early spring will help you direct new growths where you want them to be. I wrote a blog on a one-year progression of hard pruning a shohin Chinzan. I hope this would help...

Hi Caleb, will you be coming to Houston for the convention? If so, looking forward to seeing you. We can talk more about azalea.

John, I just wrote a reply for Apex 3 about using GardenFos and spinosad for treating azalea fungal growth and thrips for organic treatments. Best protection of thrips is to apply imidaclopid in early spring like March in my area.

Just adding my two cents to what Deep Sea Diver wrote. Looks like you have thrips and fungal issues. If you want to go organic, dipotassium salts of phosphoric acid such as GardenFos is very effective for controlling fugal growth in azalea, it is also systemic. It is also great for treating...

Thank you John. Happy to share what I know. So glad to see more and more people in Southeast Texas getting into azaleas and growing them successfully.

I would suggest early next Spring like January or February, zone 9 weather gets hot very suddenly.

Although the leaves show chlorosis, the stunted leaves are most likely caused by chili thrips. This insect is very small, about 1 mm long, and is not very visible. When infested, new growths are stunted. It is not easily killed. I use Spinosad to get rid of chili thrips. Attached is a page from...

F Thank you John. From what I learned, in Japan they sell a water jet gun with 700 psi pressure specifically for cleaning azalea roots. Most of our power washer is about 2000 psi, and thus I used the Ryobi regulator to control the pressure when blasting the old azalea soil. It works well for...

You are doing the right thing with due diligence. I salute your effort.

As far as I know, patent is country specific. If it is patented in Japan but not in the US, then it has no standing in the US. You can search ”Zelkova” , “Goshiki” in the US Patent Office website and see if you get any hit. Patenting is expensive and it has to be maintained regularly by paying...

I presumed you are a member of the HoustonBonsai Society, if not, please come and join us. Next year (2024) I will give two presentations on azalea seasonal works in the March and May meetings. The March meeting is on repotting azalea and the May meeting is on after flower maintenance and care.

This is the steel rod I use. The T shape handle and a tapered end make it easier to dig holes compared to just a straight rod.