New 2017 hydrangea available now! "Inspire" hydrangea macrophylla
princeton701
7 years ago
New 2017 hydrangea available now! "Inspire" hydrangea macrophylla from Wayside Gardens (and on sale! for fall shipping). I couldn't resist - so pretty; the petals are a star-shaped little asian-esque, but mod, too. The colors transition from white to pink to purple! And it blooms on both old & new wood.
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Comments (25)That TS you bought looks like a rooted cutting with about 1.5 seasons' growth on it. I'm not slamming it or anything, just observing. It can be fun watching things grow from a smaller size, especially if you've found the right conditions for it. It's likely the ones available in the next few years will be bigger (and get slightly cheaper) because it takes time to grow them larger and increase quantities, especially with the widespread droughts out there. Example: mac. Pistachio will likely not be available from F&E this year due to growing conditions....See MoreGeneral Hydrangea question. (Everlasting Revolution Hydrangea)
Comments (19)Starlight I grow 3 hydrangeas at varying distances from the maple: 1 arborescens (6 feet), 2 macrophylla,Twist n' shout 9 feet, Endless summer 13 feet. The tree is in my neighbour's front yard and is seperated by their pathway from our yard, which is slightly higher 2-4 inches. The maple's canopy starts way up. But the roots are all over the place, and unless we have major showers no rain can past that canopy. H. arborescens is really big and continues to sucker all over the place. It is rarely watered in the summer. but it thrives. However, both macrophyllas are water hogs. Mulched, mulch-less they drooped especially the 1st 3 years. Remember my soil is 100% sand. In the first 3 years, I had to water it regularly. Sometimes every day (especially in heat waves) or every 2nd day. I just put the hose in it's crown and let them drink. However, since this year, 5th year, I have to water it much less. Maybe once a week if we don't have any showers. The plants are healthy and flower. Mine receive dappled light and some 1 or 2 morning sun. And the one that receives the afternoon sun hates it. In retrospect, if I had amended my sandy soil properly with organic matter, I might have a had a better result. SG the worse year with the hydrangea was a freaky one when the snow melted in mid March and then we had a freakish cold weather -4 wind chills etc. That killed all the top buds. Last year, during the polar vortex I couldn't cover the top buds of Twish and shout. Nothing happened to it. From my experience it isn't the winter but a roller coaster spring that can kill the confused buds on the old growth....See MoreHydrangea macrophylla 'Hokomarevo' PPAF
Comments (11)Glad to be of help. :) I (just) bought all three of those Everlastings in Spring 2013, and purposely stuck them in different places to test hardiness (pot, foundation, and outlying north-facing bed). They all started at about 18" at purchase. The Revolution is by far the most compact, staying at about that size. The others grew to about 24" (Opal) and 30" (Harmony). But being first year forced plants, that growth wasn't entirely accurate as they were already budded by May. Seeing as how the winter was tough on everything, I haven't been able to conclude anything new, as there hasn't yet been green stuff on ANY branches of ANY H. mac, just the first 3" of stem. Even now, things like old deciduous trees are just starting to leaf out, so that tells you how much of a delay things are running on. But yes, these new plants quickly integrate very well into any landscape. I plan on getting a couple more breeds of these when and where available for a good price. The rest I plan to stick in front of a row of slightly taller shrubs (Annabelle and Nikko) in staggered fashion. The color-changing aspects and long-lasting blooms were 100% as advertised last year on all three. Just yesterday, I picked up an Amethyst 1.5 gallon for $17 at a local hardware store that has a keen knack for ordering new releases (they also had 2-gallon Bloomstrucks for $19)....See More2007 Banner Year For Hydrangeas In New England
Comments (73)Thanks to everyone for the lovely photos! Since I live up here in the frozen north, I can't grow most of the macrophyllas, so I've been drooling. Dtd & George - The Ville de Lyon growing through my Endless Summer is a product of my slowness in getting the trellis finished and up. I actually have quite acid soil, but it's too sandy where they are for good plant growth since there's no water available, so I used well-rotted horse manure, plopped by the tractor bucket 8 " deep right on top of the sand. I mulched it with wood shavings (the bed is next to the family woodshop) to keep the weeds down. I guess the horse manure must still be somewhat basic, and since I didn't mix in the native fine sand at all, the blooms are pink. I'm interested to see if over time the color changes on the Endless Summer as the worms and burrowing rodents do their thing and the soil gets more mixed. I do have rhodies in the same area, some in the same unamended manure and some in beds where I mixed the manure into the soil before I got too lazy. The rhodies are all thriving, so it might be a lack of aluminum (?) that keeps it from turning blue. I guess I'll have to try starting a few cuttings and play around with where it's blue and where it's pink. The Penny Mac in the same bed is a mix of cream, pale pink and pale blue, but I don't know if it is pH dependent. (Of course, I could always do a pH test . . . )...See Moreprinceton701
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