Steve Kudela
Shohin
This one is looking pretty good this year, so I thought I'd show it. Tell me what you think. It's an older Wakaebisu approximately 40 yo. I've had it in cultivation 28, 29 years. It stands 30 inches tall with a 2 inch trunk. Entirely container grown. 1st pic after last season, 2nd pic after hard cutback and wiring but before repotting, 3 pic after repotting and 1st flush of growth. It's getting ready to bloom as you can see. After bloom, I'll prune it again, mainly in the top. Wakaebisu is different than most Satsuki's in that they are not laterally dominant, it grows well from top to bottom.The branches are a little out of proportion thickness wise but I'm not gonna sweat it too much. May end up removing them all and starting over with all new branches, what do you think? I'm listening. Thanks again for allowing me to post.