From garden plant to bonsai

In the '80s, my mother bought an Azalea on a trunk for her garden.
This Rhododendron indicum, as the scientific name is, was a spherical shape on a straight stem of about 80 cm.

When she later moved to the rest home, I was able to dig out the plant. The tribe was drastically shortened so that, after a few years, it began to shoot out at the bottom.

A few years later, he was put in a training pot for the first time. A spacious bonsai pot, say.

In the development phase, the flowers are removed to stimulate growth as much as possible.

Now he stands in his final bonsaischaal and can further develop into a full-fledged “Satsuki” Bonsai.

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