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[Glaucus]

Azalea mail order March 2022:

 

[Glaucus]

That would most interesting @Glaucus.

So the commonality/popularity of satsuki cultivar for bonsai is the following:

	2018 Flowering exhibition	49.2%
1	Osakazuki	12.8%
2	Yata-no-Kagami	7.4%
3	Korin	5.9%
4	Akemi-no-Tsuki	5.5%
5	Nikko	3.8%
6	Kozan	3.4%
7	Kinsai	2%
7	Chinzan	2%
9	Nyohozan	1.6%

9	Hoshi-no-Kagayaki	1.6%
9	Hakurin	1.6%
9	Matsunami	1.6%

	2009 Flowering exhibition	51.5%
1	Osakazuki	8.2%
2	Yata-no-Kagami	8.2%
3	Korin	7.1%
4	Akemi-no-Tsuki	6.8%
5	Nikko	5.5%
6	Kozan	4.4%
6	Kinsai	4.4%
8	Chinzan	3.6%

9	Nyohozan	1.1%
9	Hoshi-no-Kagayaki	1.1%

	1999 Flowering exhibition	64.4%
1	Korin	13.2%
2	Nikko	11.6%
3	Osakazuki	10.1%
4	Kinsai	7.3%
5	Kozan	6.9%
6	Nyohozan	6.2%
7	Chinzan	5.4%
7	Kaho	1.9%

9	Kikoshi	0.9%
9	Suzu-no-Homare	0.9%

	2018 Autumn exhibition	48.6%
1	Osakazuki	13.1%
2	Yata-no-Kagami	8.1%
3	Akemi-no-Tsuki	6.3%
4	Korin	5%
5	Kinsai	4.4%
6	Hoshi-no-Kagayaki	3.8%
7	Nyohozan	3.1%
8	Nikko	1.9%

8	Wakaebisu	1.9%
9	Chinzan	1%

	2008 Autumn exhibition	58.9%
1	Osakazuki	14.3%
2	Korin	7.9%
3	Kinsai	7.1%
4	Kozan	5.6%
5	Nyohozan	5.6%
6	Chinzan	4.8%
7	Nikko	4%
8	Kaho	3.2%

8	Shiryu-no-Homare	3.2%
9	Hakurin	3.2%

Main interesting thing from this data is that Yata-no-Kagami is very common in 2018, but not in top10 earlier. And that Kaho dropped out of the top10. And Osakazuki by far the most popular for out of flower shows.

Source: Satsuki Kenkyu 12th edition of 2019

 

[Deep Sea Diver]

So the commonality/popularity of satsuki cultivar for bonsai is the following:

	2018 Flowering exhibition	49.2%
1	Osakazuki	12.8%
2	Yata-no-Kagami	7.4%
3	Korin	5.9%
4	Akemi-no-Tsuki	5.5%
5	Nikko	3.8%
6	Kozan	3.4%
7	Kinsai	2%
7	Chinzan	2%
9	Nyohozan	1.6%

9	Hoshi-no-Kagayaki	1.6%
9	Hakurin	1.6%
9	Matsunami	1.6%

	2009 Flowering exhibition	51.5%
1	Osakazuki	8.2%
2	Yata-no-Kagami	8.2%
3	Korin	7.1%
4	Akemi-no-Tsuki	6.8%
5	Nikko	5.5%
6	Kozan	4.4%
6	Kinsai	4.4%
8	Chinzan	3.6%

9	Nyohozan	1.1%
9	Hoshi-no-Kagayaki	1.1%

	1999 Flowering exhibition	64.4%
1	Korin	13.2%
2	Nikko	11.6%
3	Osakazuki	10.1%
4	Kinsai	7.3%
5	Kozan	6.9%
6	Nyohozan	6.2%
7	Chinzan	5.4%
7	Kaho	1.9%

9	Kikoshi	0.9%
9	Suzu-no-Homare	0.9%

	2018 Autumn exhibition	48.6%
1	Osakazuki	13.1%
2	Yata-no-Kagami	8.1%
3	Akemi-no-Tsuki	6.3%
4	Korin	5%
5	Kinsai	4.4%
6	Hoshi-no-Kagayaki	3.8%
7	Nyohozan	3.1%
8	Nikko	1.9%

8	Wakaebisu	1.9%
9	Chinzan	1%

	2008 Autumn exhibition	58.9%
1	Osakazuki	14.3%
2	Korin	7.9%
3	Kinsai	7.1%
4	Kozan	5.6%
5	Nyohozan	5.6%
6	Chinzan	4.8%
7	Nikko	4%
8	Kaho	3.2%

8	Shiryu-no-Homare	3.2%
9	Hakurin	3.2%

Main interesting thing from this data is that Yata-no-Kagami is very common in 2018, but not in top10 earlier. And that Kaho dropped out of the top10. And Osakazuki by far the most popular for out of flower shows.

Source: Satsuki Kenkyu 12th edition of 2019

Good research! Mostly smaller to mid sized satsuki here…

Looks like the very highest flower tower types like Kaho are losing popularity. Maybe because folks may not have room to keep these any longer?

Thank you!
cheers
DSD sends

 

[August44]

Anybody that wants to sell those "very highest flower tower types like Kaho" please let me know.

 

[Carol 83]

nd Osakazuki by far the most popular for out of flower shows.

Nucccios suggested this one to me, it's not blooming yet.

 

[Deep Sea Diver]

Ronnie Palmer at Azalea Hill Nursery and Gardens just posted his new inventory see attached file.

Cheers
DSD sends

 

[Glaucus]

Just some comments:
Hoshun: rare to see a Suisen-system azalea for sale. Also said to be a tetraploid. I didn't manage to get it when I attempted.
Yama no Hikari; I think this is a top variety.

Of course for both of these, it depends on if they sport properly how valuable they are.

Karafune: The black-red kurume made famous by the Nezu shrine in Tokyo. The Japanese believe it comes from the Netherlands, somehow. But there is no trace of it in Europe. I wonder if there is a link with 'Black Hawk' and the mysterious early Sander's hybrids.

Anybody that wants to sell those "very highest flower tower types like Kaho" please let me know.

You can get Kaho, Asahi no Hikari, Kaho and Asahizuru from Ronnie Palmer at Azalea Hill Nursery and Gardens
Not sure what kind of shape these liners have, though. Not sure if they have the potential to become a 'flower tower' down the road.

 

[Carol 83]

Ronnie Palmer at Azalea Hill Nursery and Gardens just posted his new inventory see attached file.

Cheers
DSD sends

I'm not even going to open the file, I don't need more temptation.

 

[Deep Sea Diver]

…. It’s ok to just take a little look Carol! Window shopping isreally fun

Cheers
DSD sends

 

[Carol 83]

…. It’s ok to just take a little look Carol! Window shopping isreally fun

Cheers
DSD sends

And expensive, I don't possess a lot of restraint.....

 

[Deep Sea Diver]

Ronnie is the least expensive I’ve everseen. Two + years old 3,50 a liner….

Cheers
DSD sends

 

[Carol 83]

Ronnie is the least expensive I’ve everseen. Two + years old 3,50 a liner….

Cheers
DSD sends

You're just baiting me!

 

[Deep Sea Diver]

…you betcha!…

Cheers
DSD sends

 

[Shima]

I went nuts, blame it on being cooped up avoiding Covid19. So far so good for myself.

I was shopping on line at Singing Tree, a mail order nursery that I've dealt with in the past. Prices are fairly good, not "cheap" but not overly expensive. I picked up 4 azaleas, #1 size, roughly about a 5 inch diameter pot size, or a "small" one gallon size. I'm just going to up pot them into gallon nursery pots. I'll worry about working the roots next spring, or even the following spring. All in all the azaleas were only $17 each, which while more than the discount rack at the big box store, these were named varieties, with labels, and single trunks.

Key pick up was 'Issho-no-haru' which is a particularly nice Satsuki. It was this being listed as "back in stock" that was the reason I placed an order. It was $25 rather than the $17 of the others, but it is the one I wanted. The others were more impulse buys I could have done without. 'Polo' is a Nuccio's cultivar of some fame, has a good reputation for bonsai too. I liked 'Ripples' because it has double flowers, I've always been fond of doubles. I believe the 'Issho-no-haru' is the only one of the 4 that is a full Satsuki, the 'Polo' and 'Ripples' are listed as Tsutsusi hybrids and 'Kinpai' is listed as simply an azalea hybrid.
I believe the tsutsusi hybrids include Kurume type hybrids.

Fresh from the box, all in a row.
View attachment 331309

I also ended up picking up a grafted Pinus strobus 'Niagara Falls' - I know, I am one of the first to "dog" the use of strobus as bonsai. I am going to "play" with this one. The description on a Conifer Kingdom website originally described it in terms that made it sound like a yatsubusa budding pattern. And indeed, it does have a much more dense bud pattern than P. strobus 'Pendula' that was in the landscape of my folks home. It is a weeping cultivar, so probably not going to become bonsai any time soon. But it caught my eye. Graft is pretty ugly, another reason this may end up being only a landscape plant. But I wanted it around to experiment with.

Below are Singing tree photos of the flowers for the azaleas I picked up.

Picked up 'Issho no haru' View attachment 331308

'Kinpai'
View attachment 331311

'Ripples'
View attachment 331310

'Polo'
View attachment 331312

The big bonsai supermarket in the sky.

 

[Paradox]

Ronnie Palmer at Azalea Hill Nursery and Gardens just posted his new inventory see attached file.

Cheers
DSD sends

Note for anyone interested, this is the place in Arkansas, not the one in Florida that comes first on the Google list which is wholesale only and I don't think has satsuki

 

[penumbra]

I'm in the same boat as Carol, plus I have a lot of azalea cutting to winter now and watching my monies closely.
Darn good thing there aren't pictures on that list or I would be overwhelmed beyond reason.

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

The big bonsai supermarket in the sky.

I haven't killed "all of 'em", . . . yet.

One thing or another has been distracting me from paying proper attention to my bonsai this year. I have three left, I know 'Issho no haru' is still with me. I'll have to check on the rest

 

[Carol 83]

Darn good thing there aren't pictures on that list or I would be overwhelmed beyond reason.

I know, right?

 

[Glaucus]

I'm in the same boat as Carol, plus I have a lot of azalea cutting to winter now and watching my monies closely.
Darn good thing there aren't pictures on that list or I would be overwhelmed beyond reason.

Actually, there are some pictures:

https://www.azaleahillgardens-arkansas.com/2122.html

Some pictures are 100% correct. Others are obviously wrong (Kinsai). I also now have to state that I have some doubts about the identity of 'Hoshun' I mentioned earlier. Seems not to be the 'Hoshun' I was referring to.

 

[penumbra]

Actually, there are some pictures:

Dang!