Azalea, bin or bonsai?

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Re: Azalea, bin or bonsai?

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nothing was happening with the azalea, growth i left on it had died off and i was about ready to dump it when i noticed 2 shoots, one from the base and 1 from the twigs up top :)
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Re: Azalea, bin or bonsai?

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See I told you so :-)
good news, now just leave till next year before doing anything else :-)

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Re: Azalea, bin or bonsai?

Post by Hornet »

that you did mate :) hoping i will see a few more shoots emerge from other parts of the trunk. The small clump of trunks next to the main trunk had died completely so thinking of making that into a small deadwood feature in the future
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