Just another ‘Limelight’ hydrangea hedge.
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Comments (13)Thank you all for your suggestions. I talked to the manager at my local nursery and talked him into a 20% discount on 16 Limelights. Price would be $33 each after discount. I did ask again about the 3 gallon v. 5 gallon thing, and he said that different suppliers label it 3 gallon v. 5 gallon, but the soil mass is the same. I don't see how that's possible but this is the second person who's told me it is, so I guess it must be the case. If anyone can shed some light on it for me, I'd appreciate it. Regardless, the tops of the plants I'm getting would be ~2' tall. He did strongly recommend against planting 6' apart for reasons I described in another thread. He said to plant at most 5' apart, maybe even 4.5' apart for a connected hedge. Your thoughts?...See MoreI just saw a Limelight Hydrangea Tree!
Comments (12)Thank you for your thoughts - very well taken too, honestly! :-) I originally thought to do an all LL at first, then I wanted to find AB so badly as a neighbor for LL, but got caught in the color lures of QF & her earlier bloom time (just a mo. after Peonies!). So I thought perhaps, to alternate LL & QF ... even AB as the 3rd then prune them to similar size ... not convinced, I stopped! I finally found AB, as you might have read - posted in May ... decided to plant her elsewhere to take advantage of her potential stature. So now back to square 1! I have several foundation beds & patches/islands with textures, colors & staggered bloom time . I liken my piece of soil (my 2nd-childhood/playground, really! LOL) to a grandma's quilt ... not an award-winning quilt, but a comfy, soft - even perhaps, sloppily-stitched-together utility quilt, full of warm memories!!! The part/shade, other half (separated by steps) of the retaining wall top came out wonderfully with different plants (3 are Hs) punctuated by my grotto at the N end! The wall that collapsed after our '100-yr-flood of '93' was rebuilt - now Baltic Ivy covers it well. I'm hoping that the sunny half, will also be completely covered by H petiolaris in a few years. I'm not rushing with this hedge-like row of paniculatas, but will dig up 2-3 Peonies & prep a hole. Would love to read others' thoughts & ideas too! MTIA!!! <:->...See MoreHydrangea paniculata 'Limelight'
Comments (11)Limelight...part sun/shade no doubt. Even though eventually they will need less water than their macrophylla relatives, ALL NEW hydrangea plantings will need heavy watering for at least the first season, maybe two. I here ya Jeff...my ES have a hundred blooms...but they are all 3 inch blooms and leaves on many are very small this year. I have irrigation, but nothing replaces good old fashioned rain!! Last year we had almost none. This year we are finally getting some rain, unfortunately, it has come with incredible winds that are doing their own form of damage. It's always something. So far, a pretty disappointing hydrangea season in my yard, but I'll take what I can get......yg...See MorePeony near limelight hydrangea?
Comments (3)Thanks smivies. Limelight once established though are actually pretty tough compared to the macrophylla variety and rarely need additional watering unless we're in a drought. Outside of that do you see any issues in terms of roots battling it out or anything else I might be missing to not try this out? Thanks!...See MoreNWalton (Zone 6a)
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