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This is a satsuki but unsure what extended name is can anyone please help..

I think it may have been from ruth brown,

size of leaf is extremely small around sao tome

Flower very small single dark purple.

Purple/maroon petiole on new growth

Hi Notae, Is it flowering now? If so it could be a kurume. The main flowering period for satsuki is November - around here anyway, they do spot flower too though.
The foliage sounds very small. Its not anything that I recognise. The flower looks double, lots of petals there.

Sorry ..on closer view has 2 layers of petals..Only 1 branch is in flower.at present

Flower almost looks spot on to one of my Kurume's.

notae wrote:Sorry ..on closer view has 2 layers of petals..Only 1 branch is in flower.at present

I'd still be guessing kurume, though I don't know of any with quite such small leaves as saotome. There aren't many satsuki with that many petals. There are a few satsuki/kurume crosses. Its very beautiful anyway, strong bright flower colour and with the small leaves its sure to make a great bonsai subject

Hi Notae,

Could this possibly be Hastagiri? Unfortunately that doesn't make it a Satsuki.

Regards, AnneK

Mitchell wrote:Flower almost looks spot on to one of my Kurume's.

Same here
At least I assume mine is Kurume as it is in flower now

Ken

Looks almost identical to my kurume, which is just starting to flower. Really nice flowers.

Hope you do not mind me adding my own to this thread

Is it flowering now? If so it could be a kurume. The main flowering period for satsuki is November - around here anyway, they do spot flower too though.

I am new to azaleas and perhaps I have wrongly identified this one which is in full flower now.
I thought it might be satsuki 'gumpo"

perhaps it may be indica, gumpo

Here is a great Azalea website if you sift through the species you may find the one you are looking for.


http://www.satsukimania.net/index.php/t ... ation.html

Archie

Gerard wrote:Hope you do not mind me adding my own to this thread

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Is it flowering now? If so it could be a kurume. The main flowering period for satsuki is November - around here anyway, they do spot flower too though.

I am new to azaleas and perhaps I have wrongly identified this one which is in full flower now.
I thought it might be satsuki 'gumpo"

its not the satsuki Gumpo. Probably an ordinary indica I think (Satsuki are also indica). Gumpo is pretty variable, some are white and some pink and some both, it also seems to be a convenient name for anything that a nursery is unsure about too. Here's a pic of gumpo from the net...