Nigel’s serissa is one if my favorites! Maybe these will join that list soon. Two trees set up for success! Nice work Steve!
@Steves_Backyard_Bonsai Жыл бұрын
Thanks Dave. Creating the fine branch structure will be the hardest part.
@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951 Жыл бұрын
Excellent work, Steve!
@Steves_Backyard_Bonsai Жыл бұрын
Thank you Tom
@XaviersBonsaiRetreat Жыл бұрын
I liked both together but then once you split them I could see the individual character of each. Great stuff :)
@Steves_Backyard_Bonsai Жыл бұрын
Thanks Xav. I think this main tree has the potential to be something special with some careful pruning.
@baldyeti Жыл бұрын
I’m diggin them separated. To me, there seems to be more freedom of potential when there is only one in the pot. Great job on the roots, brother. Chipping concrete is never fun!
@Steves_Backyard_Bonsai Жыл бұрын
Agree. They are much better separated. I put them into the same soil mix this time again, so I expect to be chipping concrete again in a couple of years.
@jeanettealbrecht9542 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely lovely, lovely trees. ( I planted my 99 cent regular azalea bushes 37 years ago and now they are as tall as me. I don’t know what kind, just four are purple and four are salmon color.) It must be tough to sacrifice the blooms now. But bonsai is about the best future for the tree...I guess. :-)
@Steves_Backyard_Bonsai Жыл бұрын
This one also has salmon flowers, but it’s the leaf shape that differentiates it as Satsuki. I need to get hold of a pleasing style before I care too much about it flowering. It’ll come in time. It’s always the future vision that is most important.
@Bonsaicrazy Жыл бұрын
Nice Steve 👍
@Steves_Backyard_Bonsai Жыл бұрын
Thanks Andy.
@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951 Жыл бұрын
Underwater root raking. Cool!
@Steves_Backyard_Bonsai Жыл бұрын
I learned from the master!
@PatriciaOConnorBonsaiBalcony Жыл бұрын
Awesome Video not sure but i think i head locust in the trees I miss hearing that in Summer afternoons.
@Steves_Backyard_Bonsai Жыл бұрын
Could be. That sound always gets drowned out by my tinnitus. My hearing aids are great for listening to bird sounds, but insect noises are limited to crickets at night, and cicadas when they are out and about.
@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951 Жыл бұрын
Steve. Check out: Ed The Pond Professor. Check out The World’s tiniest pond. This is so super cool that I bet we can incorporate it in a bonsai setting. Plus. Part 2 he actually adds live creatures. You always wanted a realistic water version.
@Steves_Backyard_Bonsai Жыл бұрын
I’ll check it out! Thanks Tom
@bonsaibythesea Жыл бұрын
Looks like you have had those babies a long time when will they bloom
@Steves_Backyard_Bonsai Жыл бұрын
The parent shrub blooms a couple of weeks after all my other landscape azaleas are done. They finish mid June. This one starts late June/early July. However I plan to prune these hard very soon, which will ensure no blooms next spring. I started these from cuttings about 20 years ago. They were not thriving in the ground so I decided to bonsai them about 5 years ago.
@user-cz8ym9zu9e5 ай бұрын
Very promsing
@Steves_Backyard_Bonsai5 ай бұрын
We’ll see this summer just how promising it was! Thanks for watching.
@nicostone4094 Жыл бұрын
repotting Azaleas in the Sumer time??
@Steves_Backyard_Bonsai Жыл бұрын
After it flowers it’s ok if you don’t prune branches and don’t do much root pruning. At least that has been my experience with this tree
@Dunbarton Жыл бұрын
Why the stones?
@Steves_Backyard_Bonsai Жыл бұрын
When repotting, sometimes the tree is unsteady in the pot until the new roots start growing. The large stone on the second tree is to support the tree. It will be removed once the tree takes hold. Hope that answers and thank you for subscribing.
@Dunbarton Жыл бұрын
@@Steves_Backyard_Bonsai The plants would be steadier for longer if you wired the root ball to the container. Why did you lay the tools on the roots?
@Steves_Backyard_Bonsai Жыл бұрын
@@Dunbarton you’re not wrong, but I don’t like to wire in my trees if I can help it. The tools were there until I could get a stone. Hope you watch more content