Picked up a new azalea yesterday and did a little work on it this morning. It has a nice fat trunk and a great base but had gotten pretty leggy and needed pruning the clusters of 3 and 4 branches back to 2. I totally forgot to take a pic before I started but this was pretty close.
Mostly pruned and a few pieces of wire.
Decided to changed the intended front and did some more pruning. Probably still need to cut back that upper right some more now that I see the pic.
I love the base.
Hopefully I can do this tree justice. I'll probably let it grow and fill in for a couple years and get it into a nice pot in 2023 if I can resist that long.