Close-up photo showing the glossy green leaves of a satsuki azalea (Latin name: rhododendron indicum 'Kaho', which is being trained as a bonsai tree. In the centre of each of these tiny shoots are the flowerbuds for next year, which are just beginning to form and swell up, ready for their springtime show.
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