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Massive field-grown satsuki azaleas

March 10, 2020 by Jonas Dupuich

When azaleas are dug from the field, it’s common to clean the trunks and reduce the branches. The trees are then placed in greenhouses so they get the heat and humidity they need to send out new shoots.

Field grown azalea

Satsuki azalea recently dug from the field

This is bonsai at its most abstract. The trunks, decades old, have lot of character, and the primary branches are massive.

Nikko

Nikko

I see a handful of these every time I visit Kanuma in winter. These trees are growing at the Kobayashi Sangyo nursery.

Kozan

Kozan

Kozan

Kozan

The trees will stay in the warmest greenhouse for a couple months before moving to cooler greenhouses. By the end of the growing season, they’ll be covered with new growth.

Satsuki azalea

Trunk with unusual shape

Clump-style azalea

Clump-style azalea

Up next: more trees from Japan!

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  1. Jeff Aldridge says

    March 10, 2020 at 5:42 am

    Be still my heart! These are stunning in every way. Infinite potential.

    • Jonas Dupuich says

      March 10, 2020 at 8:39 am

      Ha! They’re really something. Too bad we didn’t start any 40 years ago!

    • Scott Chadd says

      March 10, 2020 at 9:18 am

      do you remember that huge Azalea that was used in the demo in Saitama?

      • Jonas Dupuich says

        March 10, 2020 at 4:57 pm

        I do remember the tree – it was Isobe’s demo. That was a great (giant) satsuki!

  2. Charles Mosse says

    March 10, 2020 at 9:15 am

    That does it. I am moving to an area where I can grow Satsukis. I hope you can provide follow-up photos when they leaf out and then when they bloom. Extraordinary bonsai.

    • Jonas Dupuich says

      March 10, 2020 at 4:58 pm

      Thanks Charlie! I’ll have to visit mid-season sometime to show what they look like in bloom – from what I’ve seen it’s really something!

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