Glaucus Satsuki Azalea farm

[pweifan]

You definitely have a winner here, Mark!

 

[TrimmyWhimmy]

The deciduous x satsuki hybrids were all evergreen during winter. When there was a warm day followed by more cold, I moved the largest one indoors.
Their old leaves didn't seem too hot and I wasn't sure if it can grow new leaves easily if all the old leaves got damaged.
I don't know if the hardiness of these hybrids is impaired by this 'unnatural' combination.

It is now actively growing indoors, but it doesn't seem like it will flower soon:
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Not sure under which conditions this one will produce flower buds.

I'd prefer to at least have seedlings growing that are 75% evergreen and 25% deciduous.
But not sure if that's possible.

For the smaller ones still outside, it seems their leaves are all damaged.

Breed the hybrids again with a deciduous azalea?

 

[Glaucus]

Breed the hybrids again with a deciduous azalea?

Yes, breeding this hybrid either with a pure deciduous or pure evergreen may be the way to create more offspring.
However, I am not really interested in pure deciduous azaleas. It may be that either of these crosses will give seedlings that appear basically evergreen or deciduous, hiding the hybrid origins. And that an third cross among siblings is needed to bring out some recessive traits. An evergreen that has some hints of a deciduous azalea flowers would be what I would most like to see.

 

[Glaucus]

Some more blotch-oriented seedlings:






I have so many more nice ones, it is actually overwhelming and I am losing track.

Additionally, some nice pure or near-pure satsuki started to flower.
And there's some with superior foliage which I am curious on how the flowers look.
I actually don't have pictures of the pretty good partial obtusum solid coloured ones, that are now nearing the end of flowering.
Several may be worth propagating. But I can't decide which ones and I rather invest energy in the blotch and variegated flower seedlings.
But I do feel I have some stuff of value, solid-colour obtusum-wise.

The super-dry weather seems to keep petal blight away. Which is very good.

 

[Deep Sea Diver]

Way to go Mark!

Cheers
John sends

 

[pweifan]

Some more blotch-oriented seedlings:
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I have so many more nice ones, it is actually overwhelming and I am losing track.

Additionally, some nice pure or near-pure satsuki started to flower.
And there's some with superior foliage which I am curious on how the flowers look.
I actually don't have pictures of the pretty good partial obtusum solid coloured ones, that are now nearing the end of flowering.
Several may be worth propagating. But I can't decide which ones and I rather invest energy in the blotch and variegated flower seedlings.
But I do feel I have some stuff of value, solid-colour obtusum-wise.

The super-dry weather seems to keep petal blight away. Which is very good.

As much as I love flowers, I'm always biased toward superior foliage since that's what you see most of the time. That first flower is really nice!!!