Earlier in the year I showed a quick picture of 2 rather large azalea's that used to be in my front yard landscaping - that got pulled out to make room for some more delicate plant material in the front of the house. This is an update on 1 Azalea (The other is still sitting in a large garden pot), how it's progressing and what it looks like. Still not too sure of the species, but not one generally used for bonsai because it has large leaves (For Azaleas). Because the tree/bush itself is large, having larger leaves may work out ok in it's final presentation - years from now, once good ramification has occurred and the leaves reduce somewhat in size.
Here it is again, back in early May a few weeks after coming out of the ground, being hacked from a 6ft bush back to what you see, and already putting out a good amount of new growth on old wood.
In a large resin bonsai training pot from
BonsaiMonk 3 weeks ago.
This past weekend, showing tremendous amount of new shoots on old wood and some newer branches I'm holding on to for now. For having removed so much of the rootball I'm encouraged by it's rebound. A shady spot and plenty of water through these hot months should have it's vigor recover fully. Some light liquid oraganic fertilizer is being applied every other day (misted on).
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