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Thought i'd share a couple satsuki and kurume pics. It was a slow start to spring but with the warm up here on the east coast azaleas are now blooming!
This first one is a (Chojuho.). I bought this tree on ebay from Brussels, it's an import. Came with almost no roots in a bad mix I put it in a larger pot with pure kanuma. Since then It's taken to it and I was able to do a bit of wiring this year. Next year or the year after I'll move it to a more size appropriate pot.
Info on the cultivator from an online satsuki forum
I'll post a few others tomorrow. I'm not sure of the rest of the varieties so let me know if you recognize any of the flowers.
This first one is a (Chojuho.). I bought this tree on ebay from Brussels, it's an import. Came with almost no roots in a bad mix I put it in a larger pot with pure kanuma. Since then It's taken to it and I was able to do a bit of wiring this year. Next year or the year after I'll move it to a more size appropriate pot.
Info on the cultivator from an online satsuki forum
The parents (or parent) of many of the Satsuki are identified in Japanese literature. (About a quarter of the cultivars are listed as of unknown parentage.) This includes Chojuho. Chojuho was collected from the wild in Japan during the Taisho Era, 1912 to 1926. It is so different from other Satsuki that it may have involvement by another species other than the usual R. indicum and/or R. tamurae. Its flowers last far longer than all other Satsuki – a blooming period from April to September. During this period the flowers undergo a gradual change in color from deep bright red, to yellow-green and then brownish green. Other Satsuki show fading of color during bloom but not a complete change of color. Thirdly, Chojuho’s flowers are ciliate, having very fine hairs along the margins of the petals. These are unlike any of the other Satsuki flowers that I've seen.
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I'll post a few others tomorrow. I'm not sure of the rest of the varieties so let me know if you recognize any of the flowers.
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