Azalea satsuki var. saotome

Saotome is a small satsuki cultivar that is very shy flowering. This is a strong growing dense plant. It is used by Bonsai practitioners as an accent plant or as an under story for group settings. Sometimes it is also seen as foliage contrast for Juniper growing on rocks.

Used as an alternative to box saotome would make a fine dense hedge or clipped into balls in a Japanese style garden.