So glad I watched this. I had totally forgotten about azaleas needing acid soil. No wonder my cuttings failed 🤦 the water here is very hard.

This was a really good watch Jelle. Lots of information and lots of stuff about flower colours I didnt know. Great stuff :)

The name satsuki hail from the old lunar calendar in Japan that started in our modern calendar in February, not in January. So fifth month then would be late May early June.

Ok, that is probably the coolest thing I learned! I had no idea those azaleas did this! I got mine just for the colour. The flowers are far larger this season. I'm not certain what type mine are. Not Satsuki LOL! Great video Jelle! Thank you!

Thanks for this great advice

Nice video nice azeala keep up the good work mate thanks jelle

Very interesting.👀  Thank you Jelle 👍

Спасибо за видео! Вы рассказали об этой азалии очень доходчиво. Я купила недавно маленькую Satsuki  с белым цветком. Так жалко его обрывать ))) Уже июль, а она цветет.  Но надо пересилить себя, и  дать ей возможность немного порасти. Очень Вам благодарна за Ваши знания!

Really good info in the video and I learned a couple things about satsuki azaleas, like them slowly reverting to 1 color and there being a specific point on a branch where they "flip" colors.
If anyone wants a good cold hardy Satsuki Azalea variety, maybe look into Rhododendron indicum 'Wakaebisu'. This is my only satsuki (pre bonsai) and I love it. It has coral pink flowers and is rated cold hardy to -20 C / -5 F (rated for in-ground) which is Zone 6 here in the U.S.
I eventually want to try a multi color or striped satsuki variety that is relatively cold hardy. I'm open to suggestions.

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I really struggle with removing the unburst blower buds, TBH!  I want to get the last gasp of enjoyment from the colour before they go back to being green and "drab".  And, while I love the striped flowers, I would not turn down a solid colour tree for this reason!

I have an azalea with a woven trunk. I guess after a while, it will get tall. I don't want to unwind it. Will it rub and create a solid trunk over time? It reminds me of a flowers money tree or lucky bamboo.

Dear Jelle, can you also make a bonsai from an ordinary azalea?

Thank you Jelle. Extremely interesting and informative and no gimmicks! Pure botany and horticulture, plus eye-candy! Win, win, win! God bless you 🙏✝️. ✌️🇷🇺☮️🇺🇦✌️

I hope these don't go on the compost like the elms. I lost my satsuki azalea in April, it had survived the winter and looked like it was going to flower but slowly died. My ordinary one is OK and may flower this year. Here they are quite an expensive plant. Keep growing.xx

I went back and looked at your video on what you were saying about the solids and the ones that have striping or multicolored variations I purchased a Satsuki Azalea variety Kongo-No-Hikari it has a salmon colored flower that has salmon white and white with striping the plant I got just flowered and all the flowers were solid salmon my question for you or anybody out there does this mean that I have one that will not produce multicolored because when I purchased this I was assured that it was a multicolored flowering Satsuki

I'm curious do they produce flushes of growth in the late summer?

fantastic video

why cant we find small nursery satsuki         we have to buy 150 euros bonsai satsuki   where are the 1 year old plants !      someone could make a fortune just selling the 1 year old from cuttings

Would you treat dwarf azaleas exactly the same?

I always have the same problem with one of my Japanese azaleas, in spring it grows wonderfully and in summer the new shoot grows yellowish, I give it iron and it doesn't work, and the fertilizer is the same as always