If you want to prune azaleas into bonsai, you should prune them after flowering in spring or turning over pots in autumn. There are three common shapes, namely cantilever, panlong and umbrella. When pruning after turning into a bonsai, clean up all the dead branches, overgrown branches and dense branches of the plant, so that the plant will look better.

First, we must cut off the bud. At the base of Rhododendron, many branches often sprout and consume a lot of nutrients, thus affecting the growth of plants and disturbing the tree shape, so it is necessary to erase or cut them off in time. For the plants grafted with Mao Juan as the rootstock, attention should be paid to erasing the buds on the rootstock as soon as possible to ensure the growth of the scion;

Second, it is necessary to properly thin branches and cut off all branches that hinder growth and tree shape, so as to improve ventilation and light transmission conditions and concentrate nutrients to enhance growth potential;

Third, the branches above the crown and the long branches that grow out of the air should be cut short to form and maintain a good plant shape.