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Endless Summer Hydrangea not blooming (zone 3A)
Comments (10)@luis_pr Thank you so very much for the info! I have seen people plant ES on the ground in the spring and dig up and put in a pot and bring inside for the winter. For me, it is almost not possible. 1, the plants are very big now, 3 ft wide and tall, as I bought the 4 gallon ones in the spring. oh well. 2, too much trouble for me and too much shock for the plant. 3, i dont have indoor space and big enough window to give them the light to keep them happy insdie. Artificial light is too much set up again. SO after some search, i will be use the cardboard box method, i think. Here are tentative steps: please help me better this process if something wrong in the procedure lol. Zone 3/4, Edmonton 1) After tree leaves fall, collect leaves in plastic bags. 2) When ES hydrangea leaves are brown and dried, covered them with a cardboard box, fill in dried leaves. 3) Tape the top of the cardboard box, to seal. 4) Secure the bottom with rocks or garden staples. 5) Wrap the box with brown burlap. 6) Wrap again the box with black landscape fabric, to absorb warmth from the sun. 7) Sit for the winter to be over, hopefully lots of snow cover. 8) Remove protection around last spring frost, on May 15 ish. 9) If Frost come back after the fact. using white drop cloth for temporary cover. I also attached a pic of my blue ES (the original) in my yard this year. Isn't this blue out of this world!...See MoreBig leaf hydrangeas not blooming
Comments (7)"One person I've talked to said we hadn't had cold enough winters, and there was nothing I could do about it," LOL!! Well, that's a new one :-)) That person must not be at all familiar with hydrangeas and how they bloom as it's not ever a case of the winters being not cold enough - these plants grow and flower in such mild winter climates as SoCal and the Gulf states, even parts of Mexico - but it could certainly be a case of the winters being too cold. The vast majority of bigleaf hydrangeas set their flower buds in late summer/early fall for the following year so the winter temperatures really have nothing to do with bud formation. But severe winter temperatures can destroy these latent buds, as can late winter or spring freezes. So cold winter temps can affect how well these plants bloom and you can do something to prevent this cold damage. Many folks in colder zones (below 7) will provide winter protection for their hydrangeas to ward against cold damage. If you search through the older threads on this forum, you will get many suggestions and methods on how to accomplish this. And since we don't know where you are located and if cold damage is the reason for lack of flowering, I would also add that pruning at the wrong time or too severely can also have the effect of removing the latent flower buds....See MoreBest Blue Hydrangea (Extended Bloom) ... Or Purple
Comments (5)Blue blooms eventually fade so a rebloomer mophead hydranges may be better than one which blooms only on old wood. Best blue is a matter of personal choice. The shade of blue will also depend on how acidic your soil is and how much aluminum your soil has. Nantucket Blue might an easy one to try. It is a reblomer vesion of Nikko Blue (which only blooms on old wood and NB may have issues in cold zones).or the Together & Ever series. Check to make sure it is good in your zone though as these have trouble blooming in zones like 4 or colder. Purples are mopheads too... that are very difficult to grow as they require near neutral soil pH or slightly acidic soil plus ideal quantities of soil minerals. If you plant a mophead that blooms blue, the bloom is blue because of its potting soil. Planting it in your garden makes the roots enter in contact with soil that is different from the plant's potting soil. In time, the plant may then bloom a different shade of blue, purple or pink. If your soil is acidic, you will get blue blooms. If your soil is alkaline, you will get pink blooms. To change pinks to blue, you will need to amend the soil with aluminum sulfate....See MoreFirst Hydrangea to bloom in garden ..... hydrangea scandens 'fragrant
Comments (11)It smells sweet. H. Golden Crane also has fragrance and it is sweet also. Not Daphne like or rose sweet but pleasant. You have to get close to Splash, but not Golden Crane. It send its scent around the garden - but bees are not particularly attracted to Golden Crane. H. Plum Passion is noted for it's beautiful foliage and most descriptions poo poo the soft pink/coral infertile blossoms, but the bees just cover the fertile blossoms and I think it is really beautiful. Here are some shots of Plum Passion I took this weekend. It is not blooming yet but the purple foliage is gorgeous - especially with the light shining through the leaves. The plant is about 8 feet tall and I can get under the branches to take the pics....See MoreHU-617311725
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