This is 1 of 30 Azalea’s that i will be removing from the garden and into pot’s tub’s or what ever i can get them into .I planted 75 different varieties almost 20 years ago and now with plans to pack up and move on i will remove the ones that  have the quality required for good bonsai .Starting with he largest trunks until i exhaust my pot supply i simply collect enough to keep me occupied over the Winter months .Growing in Clay and shale terraces these are easily removed and have exceptional root masses .Most of these were trimmed annually into globe shaped plants for the floral display using garden hedge trimmers . On average most are trimmed to around 1000mm x 600mm , not all have good trunks ,  this specimen has a base around 250mm x150mm , the main trunk is 60mm , on average around 30mm .Plenty of movement more so from the side .This may remain as a group planting or could be split into 2 x 2 twin trunks .The root mass after removal was around 750mm x 600mm x 100mm , so it was reduced even further to fit the 650mm x 450mm tray, over kill for this but not wanting to reduce too much running the risk of killing the plants . It will grow on until i make the final decision as to where i take it . With this trainer potted its onto the next removal , along with some trimming of the tree’s that missed out over the last 5 months . All these Azalea’s were purchased as 3 year old pot plants for the tidy sum of $1.50 . I will continually tip prune these to begin the rebuilding of the canopies for the floral display in the next flowering season or two .

Cheers Alpineart

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