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I bought this azalea as a nursery plant almost a year ago. It had a long branch growing out on angle which has now become the cascade tali. It needs to come down lower but is starting to take shape. I re potted it in to this pot which I found under a tree in the back yard when cleaning up after we bought the house. It must like it's new home as it has showered me with flowers this year. Hope you enjoy them as much as I did. Josh

Kurume, christmas cheer wild guess but you never know. So many Azaleas out there.

bodhidharma wrote:Kurume, christmas cheer wild guess but you never know. So many Azaleas out there.

Thanks again Bohdi. Yeah there are a lot of varieties and so many are so similar. Gives a starting point. 79 views and only 1 comment well I enjoy the flowers and I hope you did to Bodhi. Oh we'll time to go smell some more roses.

Josh.

Josh wrote:

bodhidharma wrote:Kurume, christmas cheer wild guess but you never know. So many Azaleas out there.

Thanks again Bohdi. Yeah there are a lot of varieties and so many are so similar. Gives a starting point. 79 views and only 1 comment well I enjoy the flowers and I hope you did to Bodhi. Oh we'll time to go smell some more roses.

Josh.

I checked it as I was leaving work, so didn't get a chance to comment

I think its coming along nicely, will make a nice cascade in the future! And the flowers look really nice Speaking of smelling the roses, do Azalea's have a nice scent? I've never actually checked stopped to smell them lol

Nice work Josh! Flowers are beautiful!

Very nice josh.

Jason wrote:

Josh wrote:

bodhidharma wrote:Kurume, christmas cheer wild guess but you never know. So many Azaleas out there.

Thanks again Bohdi. Yeah there are a lot of varieties and so many are so similar. Gives a starting point. 79 views and only 1 comment well I enjoy the flowers and I hope you did to Bodhi. Oh we'll time to go smell some more roses.

Josh.

I checked it as I was leaving work, so didn't get a chance to comment

I think its coming along nicely, will make a nice cascade in the future! And the flowers look really nice Speaking of smelling the roses, do Azalea's have a nice scent? I've never actually checked stopped to smell them lol

Thanks Jason. I had to go and smell the flower to find out as I too have never stopped to smell one. (Always smell the rose next to it ). This does not have any scent at all. Just looks nice.

Scott Martin wrote:Nice work Josh! Flowers are beautiful!

Thanks Scott. As I said I've got to get the tail lower but the flowers were a nice surprise as I had no idea what it was.

Neli wrote:Very nice josh.

Thanks Neli. My aim is to get it flower with flowers right down the tail as well.

I would love to leave the flowers on but don't want to weaken the tail by taking energy away from it so once the open about I will take them off.

Josh.

Josh wrote:
I would love to leave the flowers on but don't want to weaken the tail by taking energy away from it so once the open about I will take them off.

Josh.

Once they have developed and opened, they have already done the damage re taking effort and energy from the tree.
If you wish to stop that, you need to pinch out the buds early on before they develop at all.

Nice flowers and I think I have one quite similar in the garden.
Bodhi is good at identifying them and Hackimoto worked out some of mine in this thread here viewtopic.php?f=134&t=12892&hilit=+azalea+identify

Ken

Hi mate, this is gonna sound a tad short but is ment with the best intensions. You need to decide wether you want a semi cascade or a full cascade which will also determine the pot, a full cascade if thats what u want then the branch needs to be wired down and allowed to grow, a full cascade needs to have the tail branch lower then the pot. A semi cascade which is we're the tree is currently is fine as it doesn't extend past the bottom of the pot, which is we're it is now in saying this the pot is too tall for a semi.

One little guide I have found which make a cascade type tree is to actually style the tree as you would an informal upright and to then allow the first branch to extend and grow as the cascade tail. Doing it like this allows a few options in regards to working out the best style for the tree wether its a full or semi and in turn allows you to work out a shorter pot for semi or tall like it is for a full. Developing the tree as an informal up to start with will give u a more natural looking tree in the long run as opposed to heavy wire and un natural large curved bend that is seen in a lot of trees with forced branch for the tail, if grown like an informal first the branch will leave a more natural angle from the trunk and then weights or wire can start bringing the branch down. This process can take a long long time but is much better and more realistic/natural tail for the cascade. First thing though is u need to work out "do u want a semi or a full cascade"?

Good luck and if I didn't make sense or u didn't understand I will try help ya and make what I'm trying to get across a little easier, just let me know and I will get back to u ASAP.

Cheers,

J.

kcpoole wrote:

Josh wrote:
I would love to leave the flowers on but don't want to weaken the tail by taking energy away from it so once the open about I will take them off.

Josh.

Once they have developed and opened, they have already done the damage re taking effort and energy from the tree.
If you wish to stop that, you need to pinch out the buds early on before they develop at all.

Nice flowers and I think I have one quite similar in the garden.
Bodhi is good at identifying them and Hackimoto worked out some of mine in this thread here viewtopic.php?f=134&t=12892&hilit=+azalea+identify

Ken

Yeah good point ken. I guess this year I'll just enjoy for now.

Jamie wrote:Hi mate, this is gonna sound a tad short but is ment with the best intensions. You need to decide wether you want a semi cascade or a full cascade which will also determine the pot, a full cascade if thats what u want then the branch needs to be wired down and allowed to grow, a full cascade needs to have the tail branch lower then the pot. A semi cascade which is we're the tree is currently is fine as it doesn't extend past the bottom of the pot, which is we're it is now in saying this the pot is too tall for a semi.

One little guide I have found which make a cascade type tree is to actually style the tree as you would an informal upright and to then allow the first branch to extend and grow as the cascade tail. Doing it like this allows a few options in regards to working out the best style for the tree wether its a full or semi and in turn allows you to work out a shorter pot for semi or tall like it is for a full. Developing the tree as an informal up to start with will give u a more natural looking tree in the long run as opposed to heavy wire and un natural large curved bend that is seen in a lot of trees with forced branch for the tail, if grown like an informal first the branch will leave a more natural angle from the trunk and then weights or wire can start bringing the branch down. This process can take a long long time but is much better and more realistic/natural tail for the cascade. First thing though is u need to work out "do u want a semi or a full cascade"?

Good luck and if I didn't make sense or u didn't understand I will try help ya and make what I'm trying to get across a little easier, just let me know and I will get back to u ASAP.

Cheers,

J.

Thanks Jamie. As I said originally the tail does need to come down more. The first part of the tail is quite thick. It is flexible but tends to bounce back once I take the wire off. I plan to rewire and bring it down over winter then rewire in spring and bring it down again. It's the first azalea I've had so learning as I go. I plan to let the tail run free in spring to thicken the main branch and help with side branching as well. Thanks for the comments and your right. The tail does need to come down but concidering it was originally a normal branch going up it has come down a long way already.

Cheers.
Josh.