100 Year old Azalea's

[nealweb]

Wow, that is amazing, never seen anything like it. Be great to see what Leigh can do with them. I hope you will put up some pics for those of us who live too far away

[Chris Sirre]

Wow, that is amazing, never seen anything like it. Be great to see what Leigh can do with them. I hope you will put up some pics for those of us who live too far away

There's not much you can do with them yet other then discussing future options. We have to wait till Spring.

[nealweb]

wow where do you find 100 year old azaleas id love one of those just not up this way that old

Hi Dayne, just lucky to be at the right place at the right time. Some of them will be for sale soon.

Wow, that is amazing, never seen anything like it. Be great to see what Leigh can do with them. I hope you will put up some pics for those of us who live too far away

There's not much you can do with them yet other then discussing future options. We have to wait till Spring.

Fair enough. Be interesting to see the stuff for sale, especially if this one is a small one!! Pity they would have to be fumigated and half - if not totally killed just to get them into W.A.

[nealweb]

Just imagine what they would look like if they had been grown with bonsai in mind and resticted to one trunk!!! The mind boggles

[FlyBri]

Gday Chris!

That sure is quite a lump of awesome Bonsai material!

What time do you expect Mr Leigh to be appearing?

Thanks.

Fly.

[Chris Sirre]

Gday Chris!

That sure is quite a lump of awesome Bonsai material!

What time do you expect Mr Leigh to be appearing?

Thanks.

Fly.

Hi FlyBri,

Mr Leigh will start his demo at 12.30pm. I hope you can make it.

Cheers.

Chris

[anttal63]

Looks like guaranteed to give great trunk height ratio!!!... Hi Chris, is there any with older trunks + movement as well ? Or are they all like this, Just big narly feet ?

[craigw60]

The dandenong ranges are full of old azaleas mostly kurume. The deep acid top soil here suits them well. the biggest problem is to find them on one trunk, mostly they are multiple trunk and no taper plants, and then to convince the owner they need to part with them. The most common cultivar is christmas cheer which is about as hot pink as an azalea comes in.
Craig

[nealweb]

The dandenong ranges are full of old azaleas mostly kurume. The deep acid top soil here suits them well. the biggest problem is to find them on one trunk, mostly they are multiple trunk and no taper plants, and then to convince the owner they need to part with them. The most common cultivar is christmas cheer which is about as hot pink as an azalea comes in.
Craig

Hi Craig,
Christmas cheer is a good one for bonsai because of the tiny flowers and leaves. They use it alot in america i believe. As you say not so too subtle a flower colour though

[craigw60]

Hi Neal, yes I have a couple here and will post some pics of them when they flower, get your sun glasses out. Theres another one I see around a lot which has really tiny leaves and thumbnail size hose in hose flowers do you know what this one is called ?
Craig

[nealweb]

Hi Neal, yes I have a couple here and will post some pics of them when they flower, get your sun glasses out. Theres another one I see around a lot which has really tiny leaves and thumbnail size hose in hose flowers do you know what this one is called ?
Craig

Great I look for ward to the pics, as for the ID, sorry nothing springs to mind. 'Kirin' is a very common hose in hose here, light pink flowers but not that tiny. Maybe take a sample to the local nursey or try semding a photo to Arthur.

[gargar]

Chris what time are demos?

[jarryd]

nice stock to start with, may i ask how much this kind of stock will be selling for?

[Chris Sirre]

More Azaleas have been dug up. Come and check them out.

[Chris Sirre]

Chris what time are demos?

Hi Gargar, the demo start at 12.30pm