Deadheading and Repotting Azalea Bonsai

Azaleas have beautiful flowers but once they have finished what next? In this video I take you through plucking the old flowers and how to remove each and every flower head. Before sharing the soil mix we use at Herons for our Azalea.

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[HellofromBaguio]

You may not realize this, but watching and listening to you and your calm voice is very therapeutic. Thank you for making video's. -one of your subscribers

[jimtorode]

Peter, this Satsuki tutorial is outstanding...thanks once again for teaching us "newbies"! :)

[nickfchrist]

i don’t even practice bonsai, but your videos are just so informative and soothing - i feel as though i am living through you and your passion. please continue making content, i look forward to every update.

[randomwalk]

As always, it's like watching a cool professor giving a lecture.

[angie]

I could watch you repotting all day. Not wasting my time at all. Thank you for another wonderful lesson ...

[markweaver]

I live in Maine. I make my own mix of Bonsia soil with the soil that I have. I find that my soil drains well and that my azalea tree love it. While I do buy bonsia soil I find that mixing the two together is a great benefit. While my Azalea Tree is blooming now I expect to cut it back after the tree ends it's bloom season. Your very correct about the need to cut your Azalea. It seems the more you abuse your tree the bigger the rewards next growing season. Best of luck. Live happy and be at peace.

[mattbrennan]

Finally, , , I knew I could count on you, Peter. I have three Azaleas in my collection, all different varieties pre bonsai. I’m now certain they will grow and develop beautifully. Thanks

[marcdenton]

Another great lesson in ‘bonsai’. Thank you for sharing so willingly your knowledgeable wisdom.

[antnfs]

I concur Mr Chan, you seem an exceedingly Pheasant Plucker

[evlulm]

Thank you Peter for doing a video explaining what to do with azaleas. I enjoy your channel so much. Keep up the good work, look forward to more.

[hdg]

Another great and informative video- Peter!! You're videos are always so very helpful and I
I feel like I'm learning from a bonsai/horticultural master. Thank you Sir!

[Leetheg]

Thank you Peter for a wonderful tutorial, yes your voice is happy 😊

[demetrijohnson]

ASMR !!! Can’t finish the videos I fall asleep but I love the content so much.

[WhatIsMisophonia]

I have an azalea and a rhododendron growing outside (not as bonsai) in six to eight inch high mounds of shredded oak leaf compost on top of native clay soil with a bit of sand mixed with the clay, and both plants are doing well. It's rather difficult to get rhododendrons to grow in our heavy clay mostly neutral ph soil, so most of the time it's recommended to mix in around 50% or more sphagnum peat. The shredded oak leaves (mostly post oak) were an experiment, and it seems to have worked, though the rhodo struggled at first while the azalea acted like it was no big deal.

[leonbryan]

I love your videos there so educational and helpfull. I learned so much from you and I'm going to try to start my own bansai trees from seeds. I have red maple or fire maple and I have Japanese white pine seeds. But I'm afraid I'm not going to do something right and they wont grow. I want to do single trees of both but I also want to make a forest from them too. I know you may not read this but I could use a little help and I guess encouragement to start them. All I have right now is just regular potting soil and I keep hearing stuff about planting seeds in some kind of moss to start them. And also putting them in a sealed container or bag and sticking them in the refrigerator for 60 to 90 days. I dont know if that is just for the maple seeds or if it's also for the Japanese white pine seeds too. If I can get some assistance from you or one of your subscribers. Thank you and I'm sorry for how long this was but I'm soooo interested in doing this. Ive always wanted to do bansai. It's so peaceful and comforting that you can manipulate the growth of a tree, bush, flower, ect.

[Bonsaicare]

It must be a great feeling to be able to work with such great trees, thank you for sharing your work

[MikeyDunn]

I pruned both of my remaining Azaleas fairly hard last month, they took a few weeks to show new growth but they've taken off now, I just hope I can keep the vine weevils away from them in the future, those little blighters have cost me a few plants.

[MidniteSan]

So that's what to do after flowering..going to spend hours on mine 😂 then..thx for sharing Peter, can't wait for the next one.

[helenmcgregor]

Very helpful and informative video. I know what to do with my azaleas now. Thank you Peter.

[benparkinson]

4:30... This azalia has a wonderful trunk movement