Is my satsuki azalea doing okay?
- Thread starter Josephflores960
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hardtimes
Mame
looks good
Cadillactaste
Neagari Gal
I imagine fall colors...winter they get more sparse foliage. If it arrived damp from shipping. That always makes me happy. The majority of my trees have came shipped.
It looks good to my eye as well.
It looks good to my eye as well.
Deep Sea Diver
Imperial Masterpiece
Yep.
Looks ok, likely subjected to cold temps, which would turn the leaves red bronze. My first impression was a kurume (ish) azalea. Yet…
What cultivar was written on the tag?
Damp soil ok, wet not.
First year - protect the tree from hard frosts.
cheers
DSD sends
Looks ok, likely subjected to cold temps, which would turn the leaves red bronze. My first impression was a kurume (ish) azalea. Yet…
What cultivar was written on the tag?
Damp soil ok, wet not.
First year - protect the tree from hard frosts.
cheers
DSD sends
Paradox
Marine Bonsologist
Yup. Typical winter color for a red or pink flowered Azalea
Glaucus
Omono
Looks like a kurume in winter dormancy that ought to have been repotted last growing season.
Josephflores960
Sapling
Thank you for the feedback!
Josephflores960
Sapling
yes this is a red flowered azalea, I’m shocked how you knew that just from the pictures alone!
Josephflores960
Sapling
The seller listed it as a satsuki azalea “Sherwood” color. I live in south Texas so I assume temps in the 70s right now are fine. Thank you.
Paradox
Marine Bonsologist
I knew it because I know red flowered azalea leaves turn red in fall/winter.
White flowered azaleas turn yellow
Josephflores960
Sapling
Pretty nice knowledge you got there, thank for sharing that information for me to know!
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Deleted member 47471
Guest
As day light length decreases along with consistent and lowering temperatures coming into Winter, watering needs are and will be less frequent compared to Spring, Summer, etc. Damp soil upon arrival indicates the seller’s last action of tending to the tree before they part with it. That gives you a head start on watering for the Winter season.
Deep Sea Diver
Imperial Masterpiece
Sherwood is not a satsuki azalea, it is a Kurume hybrid.
There are a number of Sherwood azaleas, Red, Pin and Orchid to name a few. Sherwood Red is a cross between Hinode Giri x Kurume Hybrid developed in the Sherwood Nursery in Oregon in 1949. It blooms early and flowers are about 1 3/4”
So not a satsuki, but a nice azalea. Kurumes hybrids are trained mostly the same way as Satsuki, with an accellerated schedule. As a whole tend to have harder wood (so always double wire and use proper bending technique) and can have longer internodes. Also will back bud best when cut to green foliage, but will mostly backbud when cut to bare wood. Seal all cuts with Top Jin and for larger seal over with the Green top putty which is for conifers and azaleas. Do big cuts relatively early in the growing season.
We cut back potted azaleas the first year, then root wash completely the second. Others may differ
Good Luck!
Cheers
DSD sends
There are a number of Sherwood azaleas, Red, Pin and Orchid to name a few. Sherwood Red is a cross between Hinode Giri x Kurume Hybrid developed in the Sherwood Nursery in Oregon in 1949. It blooms early and flowers are about 1 3/4”
So not a satsuki, but a nice azalea. Kurumes hybrids are trained mostly the same way as Satsuki, with an accellerated schedule. As a whole tend to have harder wood (so always double wire and use proper bending technique) and can have longer internodes. Also will back bud best when cut to green foliage, but will mostly backbud when cut to bare wood. Seal all cuts with Top Jin and for larger seal over with the Green top putty which is for conifers and azaleas. Do big cuts relatively early in the growing season.
We cut back potted azaleas the first year, then root wash completely the second. Others may differ
Good Luck!
Cheers
DSD sends
Paradox
Marine Bonsologist
Thank you for confirming that it is Kurume.
It certainly didnt look like Satsuki from the leaves to me, but with so many varieties, I wasnt 100% sure
