Spdyracer
Shohin
Repoted my azalea and would like to get opinions on pruning it. Let me know if some more pictures would help. Pictures is what I would consider the front.
Opinions on pruning azalea
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sorce
Nonsense Rascal
I wouldn't prune it after repot....
Looks to be a bigger leaf\flower variety?
Reckon let run and put on some size/health.
I don't think you are supposed to repot with flowers....?
I've only heard before and after....
Maybe cut em off?
Sorce
Looks to be a bigger leaf\flower variety?
Reckon let run and put on some size/health.
I don't think you are supposed to repot with flowers....?
I've only heard before and after....
Maybe cut em off?
Sorce
Spdyracer
Shohin
Yeah it is a bigger variety that I'm hoping to get the leaves to reduce in the future.
I had cut about half the flowers off last weekend and this week about half of what was left have fallen off. I had heard that also about the flowers on it so I was going to take the rest off when it stops raining.
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
Spdyracer
Shohin
Thanks sorce I built the bike about 8 years ago. It's for sale so it could be yours!
Cypress187
Masterpiece
And, the raining stopped?
Eric Group
Masterpiece
Prune the branches down to a couple inches, where possible try to cut a couple inches past where it splits of to multiple smaller branches from the larger main branches to avoid really large wounds. If it is just one large branch going up and it doesn't split until high off the base you may not be able to avoid a large scar, but they take forever to heal over usually and it is never going to look the same as the rest of the bark where it heals...
Looks like Kurume Hershey Red maybe, but hard to tell.
I would say any Azaleas are fine for Bonsai except some of the large "loose" Kiusianum that are so common in landscapes around the south and perhaps some of the indigenous rhododendron that lose their leaves in Fall and grow huge leaves with massive flower clusters... Beyond that, almost all varieties I have worked on seem suitable, react well to training and make decent bonsai.
This one looks like a fine option
Eric Group
Masterpiece
As far as timing- doesn't seem to matter much as long as you are not about to have a hard freeze... The earlier the better probably but most people wait until after blooming. I think that has more to do with people wanting to enjoy the blooms than any health reasons... As blooming takes a lot out of these guys and pruning BEFORE blooms is probably the healthiest option- retains most the energy lost during the bloom and should redirect it to new growth...
eferguson1974
Chumono
They bloom all year here! But they dont seem to like little pots much, a couple died and now I just have one...
Spdyracer
Shohin
Thanks Eric all good information, really appreciate it.
GrimLore
Bonsai Nut alumnus... we miss you
I would advise slightly different in a Northern Climate based on experience. Skip the pruning this year and let it grow while recovering. Reason I am saying that it was a late repot in the North and would be more appropriate for the plant in March before bloom as well as chop. Things work the same North and South but at different times.
Grimmy
