As it was nearing the end of flowering I decided to remove the flowers on this Satsuki now. It’s easy to see the seed heads while they are still attached to the flowers!

This is it in flower.

You can see how to remove flower heads HERE.

This was the tree this afternoon sans flowers.

I got this tree last year on the cheap as it was nearly without branches and very pot bound. It was repotted this Spring and today I shortens some of the extension growth produced at the end of last year. All I’m after is large platforms to display flowers, typical of satsuki everywhere. However, I do want to build up the ramification in the proper manner, not just fill it out with leggy growth. Here is a photo of it after some shortening of the shoots. I even managed to get a few cuttings 🙂

I am now expecting some serious growth.