Transplanting a mature Hydrangea
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Comments (5)It has probably grown at least two seasons in its extremely shaded spot before I transplanted and therefore stunted, so I am hoping the branches will grow out through this season. This little guy was pretty bare after the cold winter we had this year, but has rebounded quite nicely. I am just hoping he can stretch his legs and grow out a bit....See MoreTransplantED hydrangea, question
Comments (4)Hydrangea means "water vessel"......I read it somewhere, so Sue is right, water is the word!! You might put an upside-down lawn chair over it to shield it from the sun....when and if it's in the hot sun for a few weeks also. You might try taking some cuttings of this plant also, you might find in the long run, two years down the road, that the rooted cutting do better for you than the poor hacked-up plant! Five or six rooted cuttings planted 3 or 4 inches apart in a circle will make you a great plant!! Remember when you take cuttings you don't just have to take them from the top of the branch, you can use the whole branch, taking cuttings all the way down the stem. You can get 3to4 cutting per stem that way, they all root! Refer to some of the other posts on how to take and root cuttings if you have never done so, very simple, hydrangeas root like weeds!! Good luck! Donna...See Moreanybody transplanted mature lupines?
Comments (12)I've always been amazed by the show of lupines along the sides of the highways up in Maine. Plus the fields of lupines you see in Veremont. There's even some fields of lupines growing along the Mass Pike. You would think they would be easy to grow - since obviously they are not getting a lot of TLC on the side of a highway. You would think that lupines would be one of the easiest plants to grow. But then - I have had horrible luck getting lupines to grow. I had originally thought it would be fabulous to have a field of lupines out behind my pond - but every time I have attemepted to plant a lupine there, it has died. I even bought a huge ziploc bag of seeds from some lady in Maine and scattered all the seeds back there. None of them took. This year I have found 2 volunteer seedlings in one of my side gardens. I have them staked so they don't accidentally get trampled or weeded. I am hoping and praying that I get lupine flowers next year. And can I hope even more that they self sow next year, and the following year I'll have lots of little seedlings....See MoreTransplanting a mature Jacaranda - help needed
Comments (2)I hate to rain on your parade, but that's far too big a tree for a pot. You'd need to dig up a root-ball at least 1 metre x 1 metre and probably just as deep. So you'd need a pot larger than that to fit, as well as having the problem of moving a root-ball that's probably more than half a tonne. (Would that weight collapse your deck?) And then the height of the tree would make the pot topple over. Far better to buy a small jacaranda and grow it gradually over the years, transplanting it into a bigger pot each time as needed....See Moregardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
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