I found this link on a ntther forum and thought a few here might be interested too
http://www.satsukimania.net/
Enjoy
Ken
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Thats cool.
I especially like the custom made nail board!
I especially like the custom made nail board!
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Nice find! 
Those shots are amazing!
Have been having some great success, in reducing leaf size on my Kurume.
Off to go check the rest of the site out. Thanks mate.
Those shots are amazing!
Have been having some great success, in reducing leaf size on my Kurume.
Off to go check the rest of the site out. Thanks mate.
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Hartos wrote:Thats cool.
I especially like the custom made nail board!
Agreed! That is insane! I'm not sure why that is not more commonly used, I've seen many methods of making rows/trenches with tools but never a nail board.
For anyone interested in mass prop of cuttings check the link out, a custom board with nails to stamp your soil ready for inserting cuttings... Brilliant!
http://www.satsukimania.net/index.php/t ... ation.html
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A curse upon you Ken ......................................................... I have just lost a complete afternoon out of my life thanks to that link. Have to love Azaleas. Thanks for posting. 
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Im thinking I need to ad a couple of days to my next trip to Japan to find that little town north of Tokyo.
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I would like to know what is the difference between satsuki and ordinary azaleas?Hartos wrote:Im thinking I need to ad a couple of days to my next trip to Japan to find that little town north of Tokyo.
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Glenda no doubt there are more qualified than I am.
But I think that the Satsuki are a variety which is a hybrid which typically flower between May and June in Japan, which is more or less summer time.
Also this particular hybrid has a certain number of stamen and flower lobes and covers a whole gammit of colours from white to red whereas some other varieties are predominantly red or predominantly white.
I gather from my reading that because they are originally a hybrid the flower types and styles are constantly changing and often one plant can have multiple colours or stipes etc. I have one at home which has the most amazing purple stripe along the white flower. (according to my research it is an Australian New Zealand variety named Bimzakuri or Bemzakuri)
Anyway thats what I think I know.
Lets see if anyone can support what I think or can let me know where I have it wrong.
But I think that the Satsuki are a variety which is a hybrid which typically flower between May and June in Japan, which is more or less summer time.
Also this particular hybrid has a certain number of stamen and flower lobes and covers a whole gammit of colours from white to red whereas some other varieties are predominantly red or predominantly white.
I gather from my reading that because they are originally a hybrid the flower types and styles are constantly changing and often one plant can have multiple colours or stipes etc. I have one at home which has the most amazing purple stripe along the white flower. (according to my research it is an Australian New Zealand variety named Bimzakuri or Bemzakuri)
Anyway thats what I think I know.
Lets see if anyone can support what I think or can let me know where I have it wrong.
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Thanks Ken,
That is a great Azalea site, probably the one I have been looking for for ages.
Cheers
Tech
That is a great Azalea site, probably the one I have been looking for for ages.
Cheers
Tech
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