Limelight Hydrangeas Falling Down
John Wallace
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Comments (11)A funny related story to this subject is that I just found out that my mother has a Limelight in her yard. One of my sisters had taken her plant shopping and she picked out, bought, and planted it - an event I apparently missed. LOL Just this week, mom raved about the number, size, and color of the blooms it had last year and she saved a pile to dry. Some did have a reddish blush on them after being dried, but most definitely maintained their green hue. For years, she had a pee gee but didn't realize it was a hydrangea (probably because it bloomed later than the mopheads) and used to cut and dry the flowers in the fall. Her neighbor's huge tree (FINALLY removed this past week) had gradually shaded it more and more and it languished so much that she finally took it out about 15 years ago. But this week after seeing her Limelight budding out, I got chance to let her know that it and her old pee gee were cousins (being paniculatas)....See MoreForcing Hydrangea Paniculata 'Limelight'
Comments (43)Ugh, my comment did not read like I intended it to read. Sorry, pilarfish6. That is what happens when your dogs are asking for treats while you are on the computer! Hee hee hee. Picture this request: feed me, feed me, feed me because I am meeeelting... Ha! You gotta love them! Yes, you will have blooms by September. But Limelight first produces blooms with a lime color, which then turns white and finally, the blooms add a mix of pinks and-or greens as the blooms further mature. If your intention is to provide lime green blooms only, or white blooms only or late colors from late blooms then it becomes difficult to get the colors timed precisely. When the wedding comes, for example, the lime greens may have turned white or be transitioning to white and be a mix of colors. Or the white ones may have started getting blotches of green or pink. Sorry about that being unclear in the previous note. Mea culpa....See MoreYour Thoughts on Limelight Hydrangea Placement
Comments (20)Gary... Less than 4 hours from your home there exists one of the most incredible resources for information on garden plants in the United States. It is the Missouri Botanical Garden in Saint Louis. On their website you will find "PlantFinder" - a database covering more than 3,000 ornamental plants. The info on its pages is just as applicable to your garden as it is to mine... and I live on the Southern Great Plains roughly eight hours southwest of Saint Louis. All the info in my previous entry comes straight from their page on 'Limelight' Hydrangea. I belong to an excellent garden forum... and love the back and forth talk between members... but don't overlook something as valuable as "PlantFinder." Type "PlantFinder" into Google and the third or so entry should be the botanical garden website....See MoreConcerned about my Limelight Hydrangea tree
Comments (16)When it comes to the Hydrangea paniculata, don't over complicate things by worrying about pruning. With all the breeding work that has been done in the last decade or two pick the variety that fits the space and assume everything will get a little bigger than the tag says. These are really no brainer plants. These are my observations with many varieties in my location (MN). If the spent flowers bother you, prune them off late fall through early spring. Get out the shears and do it. No need to fuss with hand pruners and each individual flower. Otherwise the plant will grow over them. Also, it seems like the the more lace cap type flowers tend to break off over the winter. Pruning them back will not significantly reduce their size in a given season once established. I've seen hard pruned plants grow taller than the unpruned specimen of the same variety. Right plant, right place. Hard pruning seems to create a later and more uneven bloom cycle on the plant. I prefer the plant blooming consistently around the whole plant so don't prune or just lightly. I haven't seen a consistent result of pruning and flop prevention. I think age structure are more important. Certain varieties with big, full flowers are more prone to flop with the right weather event. And with some of the new breeding in Hydrangea arborescens those of us in cold zones that don't want to deal with Hydrangea macrophylla even variation in sizes, colors, shapes and timing. Just no blues....See Morea1an
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