Azalea contest 2020-2025

[Pitoon]

The secret i meant is you have to ask Bill and Jim the right questions so they can take you to the back and grab a tree that they use for there mother plants ...keeping it alive and thriving is no problem for me not killing with lack of bonsai skills (ive only been at this 2 years but ive been growing stuff my whole life) is what i meant. i might over hack it, or cause dieback which i hear is a problem with azalea's or take too much off the roots who know's?! haha but ill try my best not to kill it

They sell their mother plants?

 

[Potsofgreen]

Well technically there will be a 1st, 2nd, 3rd by way of voting here. I'm hoping others will donate winner prizes to congratulate 5yrs of dedication.

Didn't know there was going to be a 1st 2nd and 3rd...i am willing to donate a plant for one of the prizes

 

[Potsofgreen]

They sell their mother plants?

HAHA now the secret is out! Dammit

 

[Orion_metalhead]

Good luck with your azalea. I have no experience with them other than as landscape plants so interested to see what comes of whatever I end up with.

 

[Djtommy]

I’ll put this, pruned one of my azalea about 2 months back and stuck this in the soil not thinking it would actually take but seems like it’s still alive so I guess it developed some roots.
will pot it in a separate pot in spring

 

[BunjaeKorea]

Here is the transformation of a tiny satsuki over 2.5 years

 

[Pitoon]

Here is the transformation of a tiny satsuki over 2.5 years

Nice, did that one start as a cutting/air layering?

 

[BunjaeKorea]

Nice, did that one start as a cutting/air layering?

A cutting that I bought for $5 at an azalea specialist

 

[Pitoon]

A cutting that I bought for $5 at an azalea specialist

Not bad at all!

 

[BunjaeKorea]

Not bad at all!

Thanks. I know a place that literally has a giant catalogue. They show you all the flowers and ask what you are looking for, then they show you the trees.

 

[Bavarian Raven]

Found this neglected, nameless gal in the back 40 of a nursery. Think it'll make a good shohin clump if I chop it way back come spring. I'm in. Lol.

 

[Pitoon]

Found this neglected, nameless gal in the back 40 of a nursery. Think it'll make a good shohin clump if I chop it way back come spring. I'm in. Lol.

So this one is a mystery azalea?

 

[Harry Bushwhacker]

Got my entry in the mail today, lil man is gonna need a repot ASAP Rocky to get a little more situated. Current situation has his rootball and soil able to move about a centimeter in any direction.

 

[Vietcu]

Can I enter with these? I just collected them from someone’s yard 2nd half of 2019. If so I’m in.

 

[Sunwyrm]

I'm in!

 

[mbunro]

picked up these 3 yesterday with the contest in mind. 29 dollars each at the local azalea specialist.. one for clump style, one for broom style and one for informal upright,
got some decisions to make before the start of the contest.. but i doubt il go with the informal upright as no one wants to watch a wound heal for 5 years.

 

[Pitoon]

Can I enter with these? I just collected them from someone’s yard 2nd half of 2019. If so I’m in.
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Everyone needs to start with a fresh uncut azalea so it's fair across the board

 

[Sunwyrm]

I trimmed all my 2019 purchases earlier in the year.... Oh well, great excuse for more azaleas!!!

 

[bluesky]

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My eyes are growing old with the rest of me, is that I will hug him and pot him and squeeze him?

 

[bluesky]

I'm completely not a competitive person, but I think this might a fun experience. @Pitoon, I won't be able to get a plant by 1st Jan, can enties start after that date?