collected kurume azalea

craigw60 · Post by **craigw60** » June 15th, 2012, 12:54 pm

I was hard pruning a big bank of Kurume azalea in a garden up the road this morning and the owner let me dig out 3 of them on single trunks. Its not the ideal time to dig azalea but I have taken a big root ball and they are healed into my growing beds until spring when I will do the heavy root work. Nearly all the gardens around here have lots of Kurume but its rare to find single trunks.
Craigw

Barry1 · Post by **Barry1** » June 15th, 2012, 12:58 pm

Nice Craig and those grow out beds look very similar to mine

Post by **kcpoole** » June 15th, 2012, 6:57 pm

Nice find there

They are not common with single trunks like that and especially with movement they have

Ken

Scott Roxburgh · Post by **Scott Roxburgh** » June 15th, 2012, 9:23 pm

Nice, not easy to get single trunks like that.

Good work on the tridents too, scars wont be too big!

Jow · Post by **Jow** » June 15th, 2012, 10:04 pm

Nice score Craig! I am sure they will recover quickly and reward you with a mass of new buds.

craigw60 · Post by **craigw60** » June 16th, 2012, 6:42 am

Thanks for that, I just hope they don't die back down the trunks on one side as Kurume seem prone to do. I think thats probably why the Japanese don't use them very often. All 3 of them are nice fine leaved varieties, Kirin, Hatsugiri and the inevitable xmas cheer.
I hope to eventually cut these ones back to 25-30cm as the lower trunks are the most interesting part. They may even be worth layering.
There is another one in this garden which I really want but getting it is going to require some diplomacy, its about 15cm through at the base and very much on one trunk I think its hinodegiri.
Craigw

nealweb · Post by **nealweb** » June 16th, 2012, 10:01 am

Nice work Craig, hope they go well for you, looking forward to seeing them progress

neal.

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