AusBonsai

i purchases this azalea a couple of months ago most of its branches where long and twiggy
so after some bending wiring trimming and ideas this is what it looks like now

P.S neal wanted to see hahahha

Hey Minh,
Wow! Great tree, that is a nice piece of material, it must be a pretty old azalea. Its not easy to find stuff that big (not here anyway). Nebari, BIG base of the trunk, taper and a spread of branches all around. It will be a great bonsai in no time. Have to start reducing the root ball after flowering. Well done!!
Cheers, thanks for showing, please add some more pics as it starts to fill in and flowers etc
Neal.

Have you considered shortening it? I can visualise the effect it will have with a lot more foliage and flowers on that framework but the height is distracting from the beauty and character of the trunk. Naturally it depends on the size of the flowers but I feel condensing it would strengthen the visual impact of the trunk. It's going to be a nice tree.

Hmmm, increased taper, just a short stout trunk with a dome of foliage and flowers sitting on top as the japanese do. If it was a satsuki then that would definitely be a chance but with the large leaves and probably (i'm guessing) large flowers and coarse growth/longer internodes that this one may have then not sure???

But...second thoughts...maybe it would look great shortened and maybe i am guessing too much about it. Do you know what variety it is minh?

MelaQuin wrote:Have you considered shortening it? I can visualise the effect it will have with a lot more foliage and flowers on that framework but the height is distracting from the beauty and character of the trunk. Naturally it depends on the size of the flowers but I feel condensing it would strengthen the visual impact of the trunk. It's going to be a nice tree.

yes i was going to reduce it to the height of the branch facing forward because there is an ugly scar on the top part of the trunk line from wire


thanks Mel i was just pondering for a while and was going to ask after so u agree that it should be shorter?

i wanted to just leave it since i tend to shorten all my trees .I really wanted a tall one hahahha aww well

cheers minh

nealweb wrote:But...second thoughts...maybe it would look great shortened and maybe i am guessing too much about it. Do you know what variety it is minh?

i seriously dont know what variety all i know is its got normal size leaves like the normal red azalea but its white

.minh