Vanilla strawberry hydrangea
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Comments (1)I have had a response to this posting, but I cannot contact you. Please contact me again with an email address. Thanks, Ibartoo...See Morepropragating vanilla strawberry hydrangea cuttings
Comments (7)Thanks you for all the info. Just notice today while shopping for a paniculata that on the tag was written "Unlicensed Propagation Prohibited" Interesting!!! Do not plan to make cutting for resale, just for my own use. I will try under the jar trick. My first paniculata I purchased was a Pee Gee over 20 years ago..it's amazing how many different varieties they created from that one plant! Today I found a paniculata that is called 'Bokrathirteen Sweet Summer' which is actually a Pee Gee. I am getting tired of these late spring freezes on my hydrangea here in Ct. Would love to replace them all with paniculatas!! Thanks again everyone!...See MoreNeed Help With My Vanilla Strawberry Hydrangea
Comments (4)You are definitely doing all things right but, as gardengal48 pointed out, high temperatures can make the shrubs go from white directly to brown. You could try to wait about 3 years to see how it does as it gradually becomes established and as its root system gets larger and is capable of absorbing more and more water as needed. It is common in my neck of the woods to see VS and Fire & Ice blooms turning from white to brown even at the plant nurseries where they water a lot more than I would do. But that is what happens when temps are in the 100s daily from July thru September. Makes me mad because I do not get to see the famous magenta blooms of VS. Like I said, you can always wait for VS to adjust to summers in your area but, if waiting does not produce good results, you could try to delay blooming by letting the plant leaf out and then pruning the stems a few weeks weeks before the flower buds normally open in your area. In such a scenario, you should get leaf out again later on, then more growth and blooms... later than normal... hopefully after the worst of the summer is over. I have not tried this approach myself but others in the forum say it worked for them so if waiting does not improve things, give it a shot. It may not work in areas like mine where the hot season is extremely lengthy. And you have to time pruning such that you do it before the flower buds open (too late to prune then). Or, you could replace VS with an early flowering shrub like Quickfire. Luis PS - By the way, you do not display your location or USDA Zone. Just where are you?...See MoreSoil PH for vanilla strawberry hydrangea
Comments (4)If you are going to amend, do not amend only the planting hole, especially in clay soil. You need to amend as large an area as possible, preferably the whole bed. That is because an amended hole in clay soil usually creates a “bathtub” where water from irrigation or rain fills the amended hole and then doesn’t drain away, causing the roots to rot. It is better to add amendments such as compost on top of clay soil if you cannot amend a really wide area. You can also plant a bit high and place the amendments mixed with native soil to create a bit of a mound around the upper part of the rootball that is higher than the soillevel. PH of 6.5 will make the plant happy. As others have said, keep your hydrangeas well mulched (though not directly against the stems) and the soil moist, not soggy for the first 1-3 years. After that, my panicled hydrangeas have needed no supplemental water, even in full sun and drought conditions. YMMV depending on your native soil and precipitation, but unlike your Bloomstruck, panicled hydrangeas like VS are happier on the drier side than wetter and don’t need a lot of extra moisture. Use the look of the foliage to decide if it is too dry once they have been there a few years. As a side note, your Bloomstruck may shift to a more blue tone to the blossoms once the roots have reached into the native soil beyond the potting soil since your pH is slightly on the acid side, as long as the soil has some aluminum. Also it may need some winter protection to get spring blooms in zone 5 since the shrub as a whole is hardier than the flower buds or even the branches. My bigleafed hydrangeas like Bloomstruck often die back to the snow line so I don’t get flowers until late summer or fall on the new growth....See Morebella rosa
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