Your Thoughts on Limelight Hydrangea Placement
Gary 5b Central Illinois
4 years ago
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Thinking of selling Limelight hydrangeas
Comments (5)Grannymarsh, thanks so much for responding! How many stems in the bouquet would you leave with each florist? Do you ask them if they want to buy right when you give them the gift, or do you wait for a call back? I'm wondering b/c the hydrangeas flowers morph from unopened to fully opened within a couple weeks, and I wouldn't cut more unless I had a commitment to buy. The longer it takes a florist to call, the more likely that the biggest flowers would have gone past that appealing lime stage, rendering them no good as cut flowers. The plants do keep flowering but subsequent flowers are much smaller (like 1/3 of the size). Do I cut all the giant flowers that I can afford to sell and refrigerate on the off chance that someone wants to buy? (I don't even have refrigeration space!) Or do I tell florists that if they want the flowers, I would need to hear back within 3 days so I can cut more? Or do I say, these are available next year at exactly this time, if you want them, preorder with me? I've never sold any flowers of any kind, but would love to help my beloved Limelights earn their keep :-) so your kind assistance is much appreciated....See MoreLimelight Hydrangea
Comments (6)Hi....yep, full sun. The Paniculata Hydrangeas such as Limelight and PeeGee enjoy/want 5 or 6+ hrs of sun. Annabelle should be in morning sun only preferably. You're thinking of Mopheads like Endless Summer that don't care for the strong afternoon sun....particularly in hotter climates such as yours. In colder regions (such as Maine) hydrangeas can take a bit more sun. I was sooo impressed with my first Limelight 3 yrs ago I now have 5....all in full sun. I tried one in only 4 hrs sun but it was waaay behind the others so I moved it into full sun and it has now caught up with the others. You can control the size of the blooms by pruning the wood shorter. My blooms were over a foot long! Both Annabelle and Limelight bloom on new wood....very hardy....See MoreJust planted 12 limelight hydrangeas - they're looking rough-thoughts?
Comments (8)If you feel you must prune, wait until the leaves have mostly dried and fallen off. Right now, the plant needs those leaves to support the root system, which is trying very hard to establish in its new planting. Pruning newly planted or transplanted plants (either before or immediately after the planting process), unless dormant, has been demonstrated to slow or impede proper root establishment and that could hamper the plant's ability to overwinter its first year successfully. I would go with Option A, pruning only what you feel may be damaged by winter conditions and leaving the structural pruning until early spring....See MoreLimelight hydrangea--how do I protect them in the winter in MA
Comments (20)Eeek. I didn't realize deer would attach limelight hydrangeas. But our limelights have lost all their leaves, with just the flowers left. Would that be deer, or something else? I didn't think they'd just lose their leaves in the fall. The designer who did our plan largely specified rabbit and deer resistant varieties, so I was surprised to learn about these. We never had a significant deer problem with our rhododendrons, and the rabbits haven't touched the mountain hydrangeas we have up front. But if the deer (and rabbits) are gong to destroy the limelights, I'm going to have to search for an alternative shrub....See Moreguyground
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