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Indeed the Kanji names have different pronunciations depending on whether they are based on Chinese (onyomi) or Japanese (kunyomi) origins. It would be somewhat difficult for people who could read Japanese but not in depth. It would be great to add more features to your site to improve search...

I also use the satsukidaisuki site a lot because it shows how the flowers look as a bonsai. Unfortunately, it has no Romanized names. Maybe typing the Japanese alphabets, a, i, u, e, o, in the search function could bring out the cultivar info.

Thank you Glaucus, I left out the Japanese sites because they do not have names in Romanji except Satsukimania, and is not easy for people with at least rudimentary Japanese to use. There are indeed many useful Japanese sites from enthusiasts.

I use a regular concave cutter. I like using the Kaneshin narrow concave cutter, #6B, because it is very sharp and cuts real close to the trunk, and is useful for removing small branches, for larger ones I use a regular 8” concave cutter, shave and smooth the wound with a xecto or grafting...

The idea of a convex cutter seems great but my experience was it didn't work that well. I just use a regular convex cutter and saved the wound with a xecto knife.

There are two recent online photo database useful for azalea identification and background information: 1. Mark Nijland of the Netherland’s Azalea Database with over 1,500 cultivar, some with images, parentage of the cultivars and Japanese kanji names. https://azaleadatabase.com/ 2. Azalea...

Attached is the April meeting newsletter. Note there is a Kusamono workshop by Soon Cheah at Timeless Trees on March 22. Soon is a US National kusamono award winner and such a workshop is available once every couple of years.

Looking forward to seeing you at the club meeting. We will have our annual club auction in April, a good time to buy trees and bonsai related items. Please note that the April meeting will be on the Bayland Community Center due to schedule conflict with our regular meeting place.

Possibly but we will not know since the hybridizing records were gone.

I have not. Just dug it out from the flower bed a few weeks ago. Going to take some of the azaleas when we move. I want to propagate it.

Memorable shower!

This is the Megurial whip I have.

I love this late blooming Huang hybrid azalea Hu 4-2-85. The flowers are small with light pink center and hot lips.

Here is an update on the Aozora in blooms Deep Sea Diver gave me. I love it. 😍

Thanks John, RagingCajun and I will get together end of this month at the Houston convention.