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A few from the garden today, the azaleas are really putting on a show. All of them are bonsai in the making.

The flying dragon is starting to leaf:

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A satsuki named Myuki, I got it as a cutting in trade with @Eric Group several years ago. It is making red flowers now, too, but I accidentally deleted the photo.

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An azalea named Congo:

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Azalea called Fuscia:

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Azalea, Amy Lee:

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Azalea, Stewardstonian:

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Some More:

Satsuki chojuho:

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I don't remember this one's name:

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This was purchased as Astronaut, but I think it is actually a satsuki. The flowers are quite large:

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Last a key lime, because everyone knows that key limes make the best margaritas.

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A year or three ago, where does the time go now days, @Carol 83 surprised me with a package containing a couple of petite azaleas. One of them did not make it, it had spilled out of the pot in delivery and the roots dried out too much. The other one has been growing well, and today I got to see it bloom, it has the smallest flower that I have ever seen on an azalea. It is a very slow grower, but is probably the coolest azalea that I have.

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A year or three ago, where does the time go now days, @Carol 83 surprised me with a package containing a couple of petite azaleas. One of them did not make it, it had spilled out of the pot in delivery and the roots dried out too much. The other one has been growing well, and today I got to see it bloom, it has the smallest flower that I have ever seen on an azalea. It is a very slow grower, but is probably the coolest azalea that I have.

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I'm sorry about that, I thought I had them wrapped up and taped in the box pretty well. I guess not. But so happy the one is doing well for you. Must be that pixie dust!
 

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I'm sorry about that, I thought I had them wrapped up and taped in the box pretty well. I guess not. But so happy the one is doing well for you. Must be that pixie dust!
Don"t be sorry, you wrapped them well, it was USPS that should be sorry, the should all have the bird of paradise fly up their nose....

Pixie dust or not, it is a beautiful azalea, thanks!
 

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a couple of picture of the plum tree before the severe thunderstorms forecast, ruin the flowers.

Here, the plum trees, peach, apricot (including J. apricots) have already lost their flowers.

In the foreground, Lonicera (wild honeysucle), the leafless vine is Wisteria, then Tamarix about to flower, Prunus pissardii that has now fruit, and in the background, Cherry ("Napoleon", dozens of kilos each year, most of them wasted, there are so many).

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And this 10-foot Malus 'Evereste' in another corner of my jungle is flowering now :

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