My Limelight Hydrangea Tree
djacob Z6a SE WI
2 years ago
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djacob Z6a SE WI
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Trimming back my Limelight Hydrangea Tree
Comments (8)Thank you for your input.I have not routinely pruned it. This is the first hard cut back I’ve done. The branches I removed were narrow which is why the tree was drooping so much. I had a very difficult time gardening around it, causing me to bend or stoop to get under the branches. I actually think what you describe happening is exactly what was happening. Each branch removed already had buds all up and down which would have sprouted weak branches with blooms. I am trying to get a more upright growth pattern and felt cutting back to the main branches was the way to do it. We will see whether this works or not. Debra...See MoreLimelight Hydrangea - Bunny ate bark
Comments (13)You will want to watch the ”trunk” of your Limelight. By nature these are large shrubs formed into tree shape by training as they grow. Because the top growth is so damaged, you may find some of the dormant buds further down the trunk wanting to sprout. Just rub them off if small or prune them off if you catch them larger to retain your tree form. Protect it next winter with a tall circle of fencing....See MoreStripped limelight tree bark budding at base
Comments (5)Hydrangea are not trees botanically but sub shrub they have soft-ish wood which ages badly and -good news- have the ability to regrow from dormant buds and shoots from the base so it should be ok to cut above all sprouting eyes. to trim a sub shrub as a tiny standard tree goes against their nature, they tend to regrow and re-juvenate frome the base. so I personally would regrow it as shrub and then just keep pruning it in intervealls, good luck, Lin edited to ad: one way to properly prune Hydrangea paniculata ist to cut back most of the old growth in spring...See Morecan this branch be saved?
Comments (16)Don't sweat the details. Use some new peat based potting soil, mix some perlite, vermiculite or pumice, 50:50 to make it drain fast. Just enough peat to hold moisture from drying out too fast. Fill some narrow cups/pots or one big pot and stick your cuttings as the directions tell you. Make sure there's drain holes in the pot(s)/cup(s). Just put everything in a tub or tray of some sort to catch the drainage. Don't let the pots sit in water. Mix 3% h2o2 - One part to 10 parts distilled water and soak everything down with that. That will take out any pathogens or mold for the time being. 2-4 weeks for roots is nothing. You should be fine for that length of time. Just water with plain water or distilled if things start to dry out. You could even do anoter h2o2 treatment after a couple of weeks. Late summer is perfect timing to do this. Put the whole works down the basement. Around 70dF +- should be good. We have universities up here too, but I didn't think you'd be interested in dog sled racing. ;-)...See Moredjacob Z6a SE WI
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