What is ailing my limelight hydrangeas?
Nadya
5 years ago
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Comments (11)Hi - My baby L'light is fast growing & is growing dear to my heart as well. In 2 years, how large has your blooms gotten? In 6 wks, after moving to a huge pot, this baby has grown 6"+ taller(now 3.5') & produced several new cluster buds ... the 7, nursery boosted clusters had blossomed ... I simply adore these petite, cones of (5" x 5") fresh, cool froth!!! Â;) I hope they don't get too much larger, when she is in the ground & matures! I have such a combo of Hs & Coneflowers, in my sunny back, butterfly strip, but w/ Pink Diamond (ES in front) not L'light ... (so wonderful to observe the Gold Finches alight the top of the Echinacea blossoms w/o even as much as tip, the tall stems). PD stays white for quite a while (pinks in Sept/Oct). At this light-green stage, of her early blooming, they look great out there! ... I might just move my Annabelle there (she's greening right now), on the (p/s) other side of, clumps of Echinacea!!! Many thanks for the lovely idea! The other pair I'm gushing over, at these very stages, are QF & L'l Lamb side by side ... QF in her deliciously, rosy pinks & L'il L, in lime-green into white, only heaven's brush can produce such a canvas!!! Â;) As you said, no photo can do justice - today, with the sprinkles of rain & light skies, they seem lovelier together(L'l L a yr older & a bloom taller than QF ... what a pair!). Â;)...See MoreMy Limelights Hydrangeas
Comments (6)Nice! You would enjoy Deborah Silver's blog "Dirt Simple" Search for her hydrangea posts. Try just "limelight" too.She has used Limelight in stunning ways over the years. little lime is smaller. for smaller spots And people are finding "Bobo" a sturdy, effective smaller hydrangea for landscaping. Silver has a photo of about 25 Bobos planted in a mass....See MoreMy Limelight Hydrangea Tree
Comments (31)Well, I can only speak from my experience. As you can see from my pictures, I did a really hard prune. I am shocked by how beautifully it has grown back and prolifically bloomed. I don’t think removing them will hurt the appearance of the trees. If you want them to maintain a tree structure I would recommend cutting those suckers off either late fall or early spring. Most people say to prune in early spring but it can also be done in fall. Basically, the suckers are taking energy away from the development of the main tree trunk. Removing them will let the energy go into producing the tree, branches and flowers. Also, downward branches, weak/thin branches and crossways branches should be removed. Hope this helps! debra...See MoreMy Limelight Hydrangea Tree
Comments (26)Everyone seems to have a different POV on trimming your trees. 6 Years before a hard cut . The answer might be slighting different based on branching, but I think once the primary stems are around 3/4-1 inch thick or so and of decent length , I start cutting back hard. Don't think it would be 6 years though. I let the subsequent stems from that grow out, get a bit thicker and to the length I want, and then continue to cut back hard once thick enough . The second round of stem framework may be around the 6 year mark, but not the 1st IME, the thicker the stem, the new wood that comes out and blooms is strong enough to not be a flopper. With all this WFH time, I've been kneeling/crawling on my back to see how the new wood comes out of (old wood) stems to get some understanding on how energy flows......I've yet to form a consensus though....See Morepennlake
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