Can my hydrangeas be saved?
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How to save my potted hydrangea plant
Comments (15)Is the soil actually moist when you stick a finger in? Sometimes when potting soil gets dry, it actually repels water due to the high peat content and so water runs down the outside of the rootball instead of soaking in. If this is the case (dry soil) then submerge the whole pot in water until it stops giving off bubbles. Then remove and let drain. How cold did it get last night? Hydrangeas are frost sensitive, so if you are in an area with cold weather, it might have gotten too cold. If that is the case, you will just have to keep the soil slightly moist, bring it in at night and put out where it gets morning sun only, and continue this until after danger of frost has passed. Leaves and flowers will either recover or die, and you can remove anything that dies once it is clear it won't recover. If you put it out in full sun and it was (almost certainly) greenhouse grown, it may have gotten too much sun, too suddenly. These are part shade plants, preferably morning sun and afternoon shade when it's hotter, but all plants need an adjustment period going from indoor or greenhouse conditions to outdoors. Start with bright shade and give it a little more sun each day over the next couple of weeks until it has adjusted. For care if it was sunburned, similarly to frost damage, leaves and flowers will either recover or die (depending on severity of damage), and you can remove anything that dies once it is clear it won't recover. Where are you generally (state and nearest large city)? In my area, this type of hydrangea (bigleaf hydrangea, Hydrangea macrophylla) isn't fully hardy so is best grown in pots and overwintered in a building such as a garage that stays around freezing in winter....See Moresaving a very thirsty hydrangea in SC
Comments (1)Remove obviously dead foliage, but don't touch the wood, it might be not as dead as it might look, put it in a full shade, keep watering every other day and ...pray. Re: blue while in ground become pink in a pot. Your soil at old home was acidic, potting mix you are using is neutral....See MorePlease help me save my hydrangea
Comments (5)I pull the weeds back 6 inchs or so from the base so there was no need to get anywhere near the the base of the plant. He just gets in a hurry and more or less waves the weedeat back and forth on the hill side. That hydrangea bed is on a fairly steep slope were our upper driveway was cut into the hillside. This last incident has made me decide to move plans forward to put a rock retaining wall in so I can multch the hydrangeas. The steepness prevents me from multching right now....See MoreCan someone help my ID my hydrangeas?
Comments (9)Thanks, everyone! I bet they are Little Lime, because the bushes only get to about 4-5 ft when they're full grown. I'm in southern Kentucky, about an hour north of Nashville, TN. Typically warm, but we've had some unusual late frosts (one happening tonight - I've been covering the bushes with sheets when the frosts happen). I'll hold on until the end of May to see if the 1.5 bushes have put out any leaves, and then I will try the scratch test. My husband keeps saying the whole bush without leaves is dead, and I'm just holding on hope that he isn't right! I think he is just saying that because of its lack of growth. It's received identical treatment and conditions to the other three. I'll take some pictures of the current state of each bush tomorrow....See Morem_gold
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