Shohin Satsuki Azalea

[Mellow Mullet]

I trimmed this one today. I has not bloomed yet, the cold winter really made every thing happen later this year. I left one bud, this one is Chinzan. What do you think? The first one is the before.

 

[Poink88]

I like it.

I see your lovely pot again.

 

[Mellow Mullet]

Thanks, Dario, and yes, I still have it in that pot. I think that this will be its last year in it though, it is really too shallow for an azalea and I think that I will look for a deeper one.

John

 

[Mellow Mullet]

It Finally Bloomed

Snapped these this evening, I am really grateful that it survived the storm earlier this week. Anyway, here it is, what do you think?

Thanks,

John

 

[Vin]

Glad to hear you fared well through the storms. The azalea looks great!

 

[Mellow Mullet]

Thanks, Vince. We did not have much flooding in my area, we live on pretty high ground, but we had an awful hail storm that lasted about 30 -45 minutes of dime to quarter sized hail. I did not anticipate it (I have only seen hail that large once before in my lifetime) so I did not move anything in, except for the ones that are a little top heavy and are prone to being blown over in high winds.

 

[Don Blackmond]

Its amazing the difference a few degrees north makes. You talk about the winter making everything late. You should see my satsuki. Mine are just beginning to wake. Yours is green and blooming. You have flowers and oak tassels. We are just now getting buds swelling on inground maples here. The only think green is moss and skunk cabbage.....

 

[Mellow Mullet]

The Chinzan is always the first to bloom, followed by the Gumpos. I have a few other varieties that the buds are still tight on. It is interesting how the seasons differ from state to state.

John

 

[Mellow Mullet]

Update

Repotted this one yesterday. I needed to change the front since a falling limb sheared a branch off. I was hoping for another to sprout, but no luck. This is what I did:

 

[Mellow Mullet]

Nice root mass:





Roots trimmed:





Pot ready:

 

[Mellow Mullet]

All settled in with the new front:



A little trim: