I love when it blooms.
Pre-bonsai, will be pruned and wired after the flowers wilt.
I really want to make it shorter.

Are you gonna prune the two lower branch away?

Blackwood wrote: Are you gonna prune the two lower branch away?

Certainly not.
Azaleas are not apical predominant, so I will keep using the two lowest branches as sacrifice to thicken the trunk. As the trunk grows up, both branches will be better positioned to be first and second main branches.
When I say I will lower the tree I mean chopping down the height and pruning lower branches accordingly to get better proportion overall.

Clicio wrote: As the trunk grows up, both branches will be better positioned to be first and second main branches..

:blush:
For sure you are not suggesting you think the trunk gets taller when the tree ages, bringing the branches higher off the ground, do you?
:pinch: :whistle: :S :side: :woohoo: :silly:

What about revealing the buried rest of the trunk AND its beautiful nebari?
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

aaaah!

Clicio wrote:

Blackwood wrote: Are you gonna prune the two lower branch away?

Certainly not.
Azaleas are not apical predominant, so I will keep using the two lowest branches as sacrifice to thicken the trunk. As the trunk grows up, both branches will be better positioned to be first and second main branches.

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Thanks for the explanation. This really add into my knowledge.