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1 year developing azalea flower pads

Growing Bonsai by Jelle

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Key to developing nice flower displays on your Azalea is the work you do when pruning and wiring. This prepares the tree for a nice show. After flowering, ensure you prune correctly to once again have flowers next year.

A basic 101 on flower pad development!

0:00 Azalea for bonsai
2:00 Azalea in Japan
2:16 Pruning and wiring azalea flower pads
4:06 Understanding the structure of azalea pads
4:48 Pruning and wiring structure
5:30 When to prune azalea bonsai
6:20 Why and how to remove flowers from Azalea bonsai
8:25 Basal dominance of Azalea

Music:
Noir Et Blanc Vie
Artist link:
@quincasmoreira
Music promoted by Happy Soul Music Library

20 Comments

@jjj7665 1 year ago

That tree looks Brilliant, I like the very small leaves. Very envious. Thanks for showing it.

@Azzient 3 years ago

It's a very unusual tree but I think that makes it more interesting and fun to work with

@tacobonsai 3 years ago

I will never tire of seeing how pads are formed. Great video. I look forward to the deadwood all carved. That will be very cool. The red pot is awesome, I have been very focused on those sorts of pots as of late.

@jeffhurst4744 3 years ago

First - beautiful tree. You covered a lot about tending, shaping, wiring, and especially when each should be done. Plan to incorporate one aspect you covered…now to convince the wife (who loves flowering plants/trees), that eventually removing the flowers is healthy and wise in our few bonsai. Keep them coming my friend. You are doing great.

@TheBonsaiZone 3 years ago

A nice splash of colour is always good!!

@RenatoRattes 1 year ago

Nice wire work!

@PlantCraftDIY 3 years ago

Thanks for sharing 👍🏽👍🏽

@jaimeescobar3957 3 years ago

Nice work jelle, just bought a few azaleas in nursery pots, hope to style them in time .. thanks for your great tips, cheers from Los Angeles

@stephanieliu9983 2 years ago

Great video 👍 thanks

@giangulli 2 years ago

Haha the magic trick was worth a try. Awesome video and informative as always thank you

@robryan9841 3 years ago

Superb 🌸

@johng3669 3 years ago

Thank you for a wonderful and insightful video. What a beautiful tree. Well timed video as well as Azaleas grow very well where I live and I want to get some miniature azaleas, and also plan to take parts of the bushes in my yard to play around with as bonsai. They grow so well I have unlimited material to experiment with.

@Bonsaicrazy 3 years ago

Great video Jelle it’s given me the confidence to wire my azalea to get a nice shape this year thanks mate 👍👍👍👍

@ivanbereznicki6880 11 months ago

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@brucedeacon28 3 years ago

👍👌👌🙂🙂

@FrostBiteBonsai 3 years ago

I love this video! Actually recently picked up an Azalea of some sort. In a big box store... "Oh look! PLANTS!" It was a valentine thing. The only one in the whole pile that wasn't solid dark pink flowers. "OOooOOoo Azalea! I've heard that word in Bonsai videos before!" Was my excuse to buy it...