One very slanty Azalea... Now what?

[TinRoses]

Rescued a pot of three Azalea cuttings. No clue what species. Two of them came out happy happy, one of them I don't know if it'll make it. Treating for petal blight as well. Blossoms are appearing to be soft powder pink, slightly ruffled, with hot pink/fuschia freckling. My tablet sucks at close up pics, but I'll include a couple.

This little one has lived on a slant since before I got the pot. Repotted it and tried to go upright to try and play at a windswept design aaaand nope. It said "Slant. SLANT!" SO I gave in. I can see the potential for being a slant OR a semi-cascade.

Thoughts?

and the blossoms:

 

[Cypress187]

Slanting.

But with slanting the radial root base is horizontal and the tree is leaning. I don't see the rootbase and so u can still replant it or discover something in the ground.

 

[Mellow Mullet]

Let it recover a month or so, then put some wire on it and bend the trunk after the first branch to the left some (first picture in post) It is thin enough to put a pretty good bend in it. Just be careful and don't bend too much.

John

 

[TinRoses]

Let it recover a month or so, then put some wire on it and bend the trunk after the first branch to the left some (first picture in post) It is thin enough to put a pretty good bend in it. Just be careful and don't bend too much.

John

How much of one? And off to the left away from the rest of the tree?

 

[Mellow Mullet]

Like this. Please excuse the crude drawing, all I have to work with is "paint" right now.

 

[Cadillactaste]

Now if you would get a snap...I've used super glue on my cherry and bougainvillea branches...now the branch wasn't torn completely off. But snapped almost in two. I held the branch back into place as tight as I could so to glue only the outer bark area...and have had success each time I've done so. Not losing the branch I had snapped in error.

 

[jk_lewis]

When azalea snap, they generally snap into two distinct pieces.

This tree (??) is actually MUCH too small to do anything with. Straighten it in the pot, fertilize with azalea fert and let it grow AT LEAST 3 years.

 

[Cadillactaste]

When azalea snap, they generally snap into two distinct pieces.

This tree (??) is actually MUCH too small to do anything with. Straighten it in the pot, fertilize with azalea fert and let it grow AT LEAST 3 years.

Thanks for the info Jim! I'm pondering looking for something along the lines of an azalea come spring. That is very good to know...

 

[Bunjeh]

Stock Azaleas

These look exactly like the ones that some neighbors gave me after the holidays to see if I could save. They were sold in plastic pots wrapped in foil. Started dropping leaves the day after Christmas. The advice given above is exactly what I did. They are all in pots in a corner of the green house going dormant.

 

[Cadillactaste]

I must say...I was thinking azalea. But really need to see the bigger picture here. And what is there I find. With being up north...

 

[TinRoses]

These look exactly like the ones that some neighbors gave me after the holidays to see if I could save. They were sold in plastic pots wrapped in foil. Started dropping leaves the day after Christmas. The advice given above is exactly what I did. They are all in pots in a corner of the green house going dormant.

These guys had foil too!!!!!!! Such a mess with petal blight!

 

[TinRoses]

When azalea snap, they generally snap into two distinct pieces.

This tree (??) is actually MUCH too small to do anything with. Straighten it in the pot, fertilize with azalea fert and let it grow AT LEAST 3 years.

Actually, with this one, I want to keep it small. Not looking for a show piece, looking for a fun piece. They were a cheapo rescue.

 

[TinRoses]

Like this. Please excuse the crude drawing, all I have to work with is "paint" right now.

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Will do once I know it's not going to die after being repotted and the drama that was going on in its old pot. I swear it was a total hot mess, they all were and they were destined for the rubbish pile. I'll give it a month and carefully bend, that limb is VERY flexible.