Satsuki 'Waka Ebisu'

This is my favorite stage in the blooming cycle of the Satsuki -- when the first few flowers show up. When they're covered with flowers, it always seems a bit overdone -- to me.

Anyway, this tree is always the first of my Satsuki to bloom.





There won't be a tree-full of flowers this year. Most of the buds froze during this gawdawful winter we had.

Dear Jim,

that's a really nice piece.
I've always had an admiration towards
spring blossoms.
Seeing it on a bonsai is exhilarating.
Unfortunately, I live at the equator.
 

Jim, I love seeing your azaleas every year. Really nicely done. Your posts inspired me to try them again. Mine are a few weeks behind yours in bud development, I that much farther north. Waka Ibisu has proven to be more resilient to my mistakes than other Satsuki I have tried. Good cultivar to use for bonsai. Very nice.

rolex dragon wrote:Dear Jim,
that's a really nice piece. I've always had an admiration towards
spring blossoms. Seeing it on a bonsai is exhilarating. Unfortunately, I live at the equator.  

But Rolex Dragon, you have so many more flowering species to choose from than we have up in our frozen north. I would love to be able to grow Ixora year round outdoors, but we're too cold.   

Beauty, beauty Jim. Wish I have one like that.....I bought one last year and is death after winter. Weather is too harsh here and I lost already enough trees so far.

For those who like a few more flowers: