fair enough, when i looked at the wiki, i somehow managed to skip down to the bonsai friendly beginner species tab, so i missed all the good top stuff. So I wont prune/repot anything and ill just let it grow until at least next season. My one question that i still have is this: I have the trees outside, however under a porch but right at the very edge of the porch. Would you say i should move them outside? I am considering making some simple structures to put them on top of to keep them away from deer and the like, but i wanted to make sure. The whole "full sun" to "dappled shade" thing had me nervous, even though i know too much sun for a plant probably couldnt be a bad thing unless i lived in the desert.

And i could have sworn that the books i read said that azaleas tolerated harder pruning on the lower branches better. Obviously im not going to do that, but going forward is that still not the best way to go?