30+ year old Azalea

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Shohin
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Seller told me the tree sat in a 15 gal container for over a decade. Not real interesting material, straight trunk sections. The roots fused together unevenly, doesn't look so good. Double trunks look good when one is larger than the other; these trunks are very similar in size...
Tree sat for a year, then was repotted into this box in April 2014. A year later it was put into a smaller Styrofoam containerAZALEA #1 LIFTED 042615.JPG AZALEA #1 ROOT-PRUNED 042615-2.JPG AZALEA #1 REPOTTED 042615.JPG
 

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2/29/2016 - I find this tree flowers 3 times a year. I need to cut the flower buds off this spring and force more vegetative growth. The straight trunk section is going to be layered off this spring. (2017)_MG_0960.JPG
 

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The nebari has fused and uneven. It will take years to correct.
 

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